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SCRIPTURE MANUAL. 



ALPHABETICALLY AND SYSTEMATICALLY ARRANGED, 



DESIGNED TO FACILITATE THE FINDING OI 



PROOF TEXTS. 



BY CHARLES SIMMONS. 

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8S00KD BTSBEOTTPS KEYIglON. 

Fifth Edition, 3000. 



NEW YORK: 
M. W. DODD, BRICK CHURCH CHAPEL, 

BOSTON: CROCKER & BREWSTER AND JOHN P. JEWETT & CO. 

NORTH WRENTHAM, MASS. : CHARLES SIMMONS, Proprietoe. 

CINCINNATI: J. A. BRAINERD. TORONTO: C. W.R.DICK. 

1851. 



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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1845, by 

CHARLES SIMMONS, 
In the Clerk s Office of the District Court of the United States 
for the Southern District of New York. 






A5D0VER: JOHN I) . PLAGO, 
STEnEOTTPER AM) PRUYTEn. 



INTRODUCTION, 

EY DR. SPRINa 



The object of the present work is clearly announced in 
its title. It is to collect within a small compass the in- 
structions of unerring wisdom upon a great variety of sub- 
jects which relate to the present and eternal interests of 
men, and comprising the doctrines and duties of a super 
natural revelation. A reference to the list of subjects 
which the work contains, will show that the author's re- 
searches have been extensive ; while a comparison of the 
work with others of the same general character evinces 
patient labor, and cannot fail to give it pre-eminence. 
While the track pursued is not new, it is more thorough, 
and more easily followed than that marked out by any pre- 
vious compiler known to myself. The work contains not 
merely the proof texts on the subjects to which it refers ; 
but, what appears to my own mind one of its excellences, 
the texts that illustrate these great subjects. The work is 
truly an epitome of the Bible, presenting its great truths in 
that order in which they will be most easily found by the 
reader. Though the arrangement of the subjects is alpha- 
oetical, in the illustration of the subjects themselves the 
author has observed that connection between one truth and 
another which gives to each its proper place. To minis- 
ters. Sabbath School teachers, Sabbath Schools, and families 
the work is of great value. It is fit on every account that 
the author should be encouraged in this production ; but 
chiefly for its own intrinsic worth. The work is an unpre- 
suming, yet dignified tribute to the word of God, worthy 
the acceptance of the church, and one which every man 
may prize. 

GARDINER SPRING. 

BHch Church Chapel, New York, March, 1845 



NOTICES OF THE LATEST KEVISION OF THE WORK. 
From Rev. Dr. Ide^ of Medway^ Mass, 

I am glad to see a second stereotype revision of the Scripture Manual. 
A work of so much intrinsic value ought to be brought as near perfection 
as the industry and skill of man can bring it. To make the word of Grod 
speak truly and appropriately on all the leading subjects of Christian 
doctrine and duty, is a great undertaking, which requires murh study and 
care. The past revisions of this work have been more valuable than any- 
thing of the kind which I have seen before. But the author, it seenis, 
was not satisfied with past attainments. His untiring efforts to carry 
forward his book unto perfection, and the sacrifice he has made to incor- 
porate the important additions and improvements secured during thQ 
past five years into his work, are worthy of great commendation. I hope 
the present revision of the Manual will meet with as ready and extensive 
sale as the preceding one. 

From Bev. Dr. Park, of Andover Thwl. Seminary. 

The Scripture Manual, which has been carried by the Compiler through 
a second stereotype revision, evinces much perspicacity in the proposal 
of questions, and discrimination in the selection of answers. The ar- 
rangement of the topics is so logical, and the citations from Scripture are 
so numerous, so emphatical and in the main so pertinent, as to make the 
general impression of the Bible obvious even to a cursory reader. The 
Manual may, in my opinion, be very profitably used not only by religious 
teachers, but also by the pupils in our Sabbath Schools, and by the most 
humble as well as the most learned Christians. If benevolent persona 
would circulate this book throughout the infant settlements of our own 
land, and send copies of it to our foreign missionaries, they would render 
thereby an important service to the church. 

From Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia. 

Rev. and dear Sir — I have just received the new Edition of your Man- 
ual, for which I thank you. I have derived much aid from the copy you 
sent me of the previous revision, and wish you continual success in its 
circulation. I apprehend that the work is now so well known, and its 
character so well established, that it will find its own way, and needs no 
further notice from me. 

From the Oongregationalist. 

This work has become too widely known, to need our commendation. 
It is far more copious and reliable than any other work of the kind, and 
the "bracket references" of this edition are of great value. The index 
is greatly improved also, and scarcely any topic can suggest itself, which 
will not be readily found. Few books have reached so high and well 
deserved a popularity. Nor is it an ephemeral popularity. It will in- 
crease. A better help in the study of the Bible is not accessible. 

From the American Baptist, 
This work presents, under an alphabetical and systematic arrange* 
ment, the teachings of the Bible in reference to such topics as have spe- 
cial prominence in the sacred volume. The arrangement is eminently 
judicious, and the execution evinces much industry, and for the inost 
part a wise discrimination. Ministers, Sunday School teachers, and in- 
deed all who are seeking a familiar acquaintance with the Scriptures, 
will find it valuable for reference. 



NOTICES OF THE WORK. 



From Dr. Woods. 

Dear Sir — After attending very carefully to your Scripture Manual, 
I am free to say, tliat the work appears to me to be one of uncommon 
importance ; and I shall be much gratified, if the thought and time I 
have devoted to it may contribute to render it more acceptable to th« 
public, and more permanently useful. I consider your Text Book to be 
remarkably well suited to the object in view, and likely to be the book 
which will satisfy not only common people, but ministers, and all men 
of logical minds and a cultivated taste. It is my confident opinion, that 
it will take the place of all other works of the kind, and that nothing 
else will be called for or attempted for a great while to come. 

LEONARD WOODS. 

Theol. Seminary. Andover, Feb. 3, 1845. 



From Dr. Weeks. 

Having spent considerable time in a careful examination of the 
third edition of Mr. Simmons's Scripture Manual, I am happy to state, 
that I think it contains important improvements upon the former edi- 
tions. The statement and arrangement of the great subjects of doctrine 
and duty, and the selection of the most appropriate texts on each sub- 
ject, cannot fail, I think, to render this w^ork highly acceptable und 
useful. Ministers of the gospel, instructors in Sabbath Schools, and all 
who make the Bible their study, will find their labors greatly facilitated 
by it. As a family book, I know of no work of human compilation so 
full of instruction, admonition, and consolation, and so worthy of a place 
in every house. WM. R. WEEKS. 

Newark, Feb. 1845. 



Fro7n a Notice by Dr. Ide of Medway, Ms. 
The diligent author of the Scripture Manual deserves the thanks of 
the Christian public, for his seasonable and valuable work, so well suited, 
not only to aid Christians and ministers in the investigation and defence 
of the truth, but to meet and counteract a host of destructive errors, 
now prevalent in our land. It is hoped that he will receive the liberal 
patronage of the public in this very comm-endable eflfort to do good. 



Fro?7i a Notice by Dr. Starrs, Braintree, Ms. 
The Scripture Manual is a work of unquestionable value. None of 
the questions it proposes are unimportant, and the answers given to 
them in the words of the Holy Spirit are select, full, and judicious. I 
know of no other compilation of God's truth, prepared by uninspired 
mind, that I should so heartily rejoice to find in the hands of every 
family of my charge — indeed, in every family in the land. 



From Dr. Pond. 
I have run my eye over your Scripture Manual, and think it an ex- 
cellent book of reference for ministers and private Christians. As a 
help in the selection of proof texts, on almost any subject in the Bible, 
I know of nothing of equal value. ENOCH POND 

Theo. Seminary, Bangor, Me. 
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NOTICES OF THE WORK. 

From Dr. Nott, President of Union College. 
A work in which the teaciiiiig of the Bible, on the great questions 
of faith and practice are fully and impartially presented, has long been 
a desideratum. The Scripture Manual (so far as I have been able to 
examine it) appears in an eminent degree to be such a work; and pre- 
suming that i\ is so throughout, I do not hesitate to recommend it as a 
useful Manual, to all who desire to become acquainted with the leach- 
ings of unerring wisdom on questions of this sort ; especially to Minis- 
ters of the Gospel, to Sabbath School teachers, and heads of families. 

From Dr. Humphrey, late President of Amherst College, April 14, 

1845. 
I have looked over the Rev. Charles Simmons's Scripture Manual 
with some care, and am free to say, I consider it eminently adapted to 
the use for which it is designed. I have seen no Scripture "help" of 
this class, which I regard as so happily conceived and admirably ar- 
ranged. It bears the marks throughout, of great industry and good 
judgment, in the selection and arrangement of appropriate texts, under 
their proper heads. 

I do not know where to find any young Timothy, who has " known 
the Holy Scriptures so well from a child," as not to be aided and ben- 
efited, by keeping this Manual upon his table. Nor ought the help 
which it affords, to be confined exclusively to ministers' studies. 
Teachers of Bible Classes and Sabbath Schools, as well as other pious 
laymen in the church, who love to study the word of God, ought to 
possess it. 

From Rev. Albert Barnes, of Philadelphia, April 11, 1845. 
I have examined with some care Mr. Simmons's " Scripture Man- 
ual," and regard it as a very valuable work. It is evidently composed 
with great care, and much judgment has been evinced in the arrange- 
ment of the topics, and in the selection of texts of Scripture. It is in- 
comparably superior to any thing of the kind with which I am ac- 
quainted, and its extensive circulation and use cannot but have a hap- 
py influence. It is in itself an admirable system of theology, in which 
there can be no error, and in which Christians may learn, in a short 
compass, what are the leading doctrines of religion, and what are their 
own duties and privileges. I have no doubt that the work will soon 
supersede every other of the kind, as I am clearly of the opinion that 
it should. 

From Rev. Dr. Eddy, of Newark, N. J., April 8, 1845. 
I have examined the "Scripture Manual," by the Rev. Charles 
Simmons, and can most cheerfully recommend it as unquestionably the 
best work of the kind that has been published. It will be found useful, not 
only to clergymen and Sabbath School teachers, but to all who seek to 
make themselves familiar with the truths of the sacred Scriptures. 
From Dr. Cogswell, of Gilmanton, N. H, 
The Scripture Manual, by Rev. Charles Simmons, is the best work 
of the kind I have ever seen. The subjects which it presents are im- 
portant J and are well illustrated by the passages of Scripture selected. 
This book should be the companion of all, as it affords great facility 
for ascertaining the mind and will of God on the greatest subjects in 
morals and religion. 

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NOTICES OP THE WORK. 

From Rev. A. Banking W. Stewartstoxm^ N. ZT., Feb. 1851. 

The general circulation of the Scripture Manual should be among the 
first objects before the American church. Every pastor and missionary 
should endeavor to put it in every family in their respective fields. The 
plan of the work was wisely conceived, and has been admirably executed. 
The more it is known, the more it will be desired. All need it, and great 
multitudes will have it, as soon as they discover its plan and value. 
Christians should see that the wliolc world has it. I think it will ulti- 
mately find a place in the library of almost every believer in the divin- 
ity of the Bible. 

From Rev. Df McEwen^ of New London, Ct. 

In order and symmetry, I think the Scripture Manual is not sur- 
passed by any other work. The importance of the book, and the inge- 
nuity of the author in treating articles of theology, and prevalent 
questions in ethics, will be more and more apparent to the reader, as 
he progresses in reading the volume. 

Fivm Rev. Mr. Spring^ E. Hartford^ Ct. 

The Scripture Manual is one of the few books which I can heartily 
commend. It is an able and judicious arrangement of those passages 
which teach the doctrines and inculcate the duties of the word of Grod. 
To the diligent, and especially to the systematic reader of the Bible, 
and to the Sabbath school teacher, the aid it will render is above 
price. 

From Professor Goodrich, of New Haven. 

I have examined your Scripture Manual, and am pleased with the 
plan. There is a great deal of judgment and discrimination in the 
selection of topics, and the development of truth. You have succeeded 
excellently in avoiding the trammels of human systems, and bringing 
out the mind of God on almost every important topic. 

From Rev. Dr. Edwards, of New London^ Ct. 
The Scripture Manual is remarkable for its order, its adaptedness to 
the times, and the practical aspect in which it presents the great traths 
of God's word. On all important subjects it is an ample concordance 
of the Scriptures, and a clear and authoritative commentary of the 
Bible upon itself; and in the selection and arrangement of its topics, 
it goes further than any similar work towards ])resenting the teachings 
of Revelation as a well-digested science. I know of no work of the 
kind as thoroughly and judiciously prepared, or as well fitted to inter- 
est and profit in the study, the closet, the family, or the Sabbath .School. 

From Zion's Herald, (Methodist,) Oct., 1 850. 
ScRiPTUEE Manual. — The undersigned begs leave to call atten- 
tion to this work; and by doing so he feels that he is conferring a 
special favor upon all lovers of the Bible, but especially upon ministers 
and Sabbath School instructors. Many similar works have been pub- 
lished, but I doubt if there is one so valuable as this. Certainly, I 
know of none. Great labor has been bestowed on this effort of Mr. 
Simmons. His study and research have been patient and accurate, 
and bating a little doctrinal peculiarity in the arrangement of topics, 
no discount can be found on the result of his labors. It is all Scrip- 
ture, systematically arranged. In an important and good sense, it is a 
labor-saving and a time-saving book. I certainly would not be without 
it on any account. The edition I would recommend is that of 1850. 
This notice is entirely unsolicited, and induced by a desire to have 
others share in the pleasure and profit which I am enjoying in the con- 
sultation of the book. J. D. Bridge. 



EDITORIAL NOTICES OF THE SCRIPTURE MANUAL. 



From the New Enghinder. 
The design of this work is, to furnish scripture proofs of the doctrines of Revela- 
tion, tiie duties of morality and religion, and of all tlie institutions of Christianity ; 
and, on the otlier hand, to refute religi ais errors b}' the same authority.* * * The 
sound judgment and accurate discriniinatlon witli Vliich tliis plan has been car- 
ried out, are wortliy of praise. Diligent care appears to have been taken to avoid 
irrelevant quotations, and to select as proof those passages only which directly 
assert, or at least plainly impiv, the truth of the points to be established. The 
work is the best of the kind within our knowledge. 

From the New York Observer. 
This is a work which must iiave cost the compiler a vast amount of labor, and 
will therefore, as its title shows, be a labor saving machine. * * * Such an 
arrangement, executed with immense toil and much skill, must be of great assist- 
ance, both to ministers and private Cliristians, and we are not surprised that dis- 
tinguished biblical students bestow upon the work their highest praise. 

From the New York Evangelist. 

The design of this volume is something like that of Gaston's Collection, though 
a far more complete and able work. It arranges passages of Scripture under ap- 
propriate heads, in a systematic form, covering the whole field of didactic theol- 
ogy. It is most full on the most important pohits, and evinces in its arrangement 
a very nice skill, and great familiarity with theological systems. The author has 
shown great industry and accuracy iii the compilation, and has a right to congrat- 
ulate himself upon the successful "performance of a muich- needed and long-desired 
work. 

From tJte Newark Daily Advertiser. 

This is one of the most valuable volumes ever offered to the Christian reader; 
certainlr. and beyond comparison, the most useful compilation of Scripture teach- 
ings of which we nave any Knowledge. It presents, in fact, a methodical and 
entire system of Christian duty and doctrine, drawn exclusively from the sacred 
volume, without mutilation or a word of comment, and so arranged, with an 
alphabetical index, that the reader mav sec at a glance tbe whole teaching of the 
Scriptures upon tne leamng topics or tneological and moral inquiry — the doc- 
trines and duties which are generally held to be of primary importance to us all. 
With this Manual in his hands, no man need hesitate for a moment as to the teach- 
ing or requirements of the Bibie on any of the leading subjects affecting our reli- 
gious duties and interests. 

The compiler has been engaged upon the work for many years, and his labor* 
have been carefully revised by some of the first divines of our country, who give 
the work now before us their most unqualified approbation. 

From a Notice in the Christian Watchman^ Boston. 
In selecting and arranging texts of Scripture, the author has had particular ref- 
erence to the prevailing eiTors of the times, and has adjusted his texts to meet 
them, so that it is, to a great degree, a book for the times. 

From the Boston Recorder. 
Tills book has met with a measure of pubHc favor and patronage which indicates 
its value. Its preparation evinces sound judgment, as well as protracted and pa- 
tient labor. It is an epitome of the Bible, and the passages illustrative of any 
particular subject are so arranged as greatly to facilitate the study of the Scrip- 
tures. To muiisters. Sabbath school teachers, and families, the Manual will be of 
essential service, as the experience of many has already proved. In the notices 
of the work whicli accompany thi^ edition, we believe all will concur who use the 
Scripture Manual sufficiently to know its worth. 

From the Christian Intelligencer^ {N. Y.) 
Mr. Simmons, in executing this work, has expended a treasure of toil, and 
exerted much skill. The tribute he has thus paid to the doctrines of Inspiration, 
fully entitles him to the gratitude of all wlio reverence and study the Bible. It is 
a complete svstem of Divinity, exhil)ited in the very language of the Holy Spirit, 
and the collation is so extensive as to form a synopsis of sacred text. The book 
will be of great value to ministers of tl^e gospel, students of theology. Sabbath 
school teachers and scholars, and is calculated tu aff'ord much facility to Christian 
families in the study of the Bible. 

From the Christian Observer, Philadelphia. 
This is a rich, copious, well -selected and well-arranged text book, exhibiting the 
results of great labor, in bringing together numerous proof texts, strictly allied in 
their meaning, on a very large number of subjects — so formed as to present in 
their beautiful symmetry the features ol evangelical truth. It is justly regarded 
as tlie most valuable work of tlie kind ever published in our language, and w«i 
commend it to the attentioii of ministers, Sunday scliool teachers, and all persona 
who desire the aid of a manual in acquiring the most important knowledge. 



PREFACE TO TBE SECOND STEREOTYPE REVISION. 



The Bible furnishes very ample materials for all needful 
moral instruction, reproof, and encouragement. But the com- 
pilation of a convenient Manual of proof texts from its pages 
has been unaccountably neglected. The loose manner in which 
Gaston, and others, have thrown together texts of Scripture 
for this purpose, has essentially defeated their aims. The 
Scripture Manual owes its origin to a conviction of the 
need of a Text-Book, that should assume a more convenient 
order, bear more effectually against the modern forms of error 
and vice, and more fully and fearlessly declare " all the counsel 
of God." Tiie Editor is greatly obliged to the friends of this 
enterprise, who have aided in the preparation or circulation 
of the several editions and revisions of the work. The present 
revision has been stereotyped sooner than w^as otherwise neces- 
sary, in order to embrace the improvements and additions madQ 
during the last five years. It has over one hundred additional 
topics, a much more full and perfect index, a triple or quad" 
ruple number of references to kindred subjects, together with 
no little improvement in the relevancy of its proof texts, and 
order of the work. Happy would it have been for the pur- 
chasers, had all these additions and improvements been secured 
at an earlier period. But this was impracticable. To atone 
in some measure for this evil, I will instruct my publishers and 
agents to exchange copies of the present improved and some- 
what enlarged revision, for copies of former editions, on very 
favorable terms, with those who desire it. 

The copy for this work was cut from the pages of Bibles, 
lately issued from the American Bible Society, and the Manual 
may be depended upon as accurate Scripture. The italic words 
are also preserved. The number of the verses is given, that 
the reader may discover any omissions made, of passages not 



10 ^^^^^ PREFACE. 

in point, in any particular extract. Explanatory words are in 
brackets. 

In selecting topics, care has been taken to embrace those 
which have a prominence in the Bible, and which in all ages 
have been considered of primary importance in theological and 
moral inquiry. Such manifestly are those which relate to the 
perfections, prerogatives, designs, providence, and law of God — 
the character, rights, and destiny of man — the economy of 
grace, or way and terms of salvation through Christ — our 
essential duties towards God and each other, and civil and 
religious institutions. 

Christian nations are far more indebted to the Bible for their 
elevation above heathenism, than is commonly believed. The 
revealed facts respecting God and his designs and government — 
the precepts of his law, clothed with infinite authority — the 
promises of his grace, and the threatenings of his justice, are 
the best safeguards against disgraceful and ruinous vices. 

It is believed that a convenient and faithful compilation of 
proofs from the Bible, upon its weighty and practical subjects, 
may prove one of the most effective auxiliaries to the cause of 
Christian enterprise. The impressions made upon the public 
mind in favor of pure and undefiled religion, by a copious and 
systematic array of proof texts, in a convenient and popular 
form, must prove a most powerful incentive to virtue, and 
restraint upon destructive errors, sins and vices. 

I now commit the success of this work to the overruling 
providence of that Being who has mercifully sustained and 
helped me during its preparation. If it shall tend to confirm 
the public mind in revealed truth, and become a guard against 
those errors and vices which lead to death, as is confidently 
hoped, the labor of preparing it will not have been in vain. 

CHARLES SIMMONS. 

North Wrentham, Mass., April, 1850. 

NOTICE. 

Travelling and Sabbath School agents, and especially those who may 
desire this book by the quantity for gratuitous distribution, will do well 
to communicate with me by mail. C. S. 



INDEX. 



N. B. The figures in this Index, and those in brackets at the end of many of the 
eections in this work, both refer to the number of the sections, or topics, which, to 
avoid confusion, is placed on the top of the pages, and correspond with those that occur 
upon the pages. The usual paging is placed at the bottom, and will not be used. A 
dash between figures, signifies inclusive : for example, 496 — 8, includes the numbers 
496, 497) and 498. An occasional figure in a parenthesis, refers to some specification 
under the foregoing numbers, which rarely occurs: for example, 17,(2,) refers to 
the second specification under the seventeenth topic, or section. The reader will be 
more sure to find the subject desired, by looking for the principal word first — by look- 
ing for the noun before the verb, and both noun and verb before the adjective : for 
example, for Divine Teaching, look for Teaching, Divine ; and for Perfections of God, 
look for God's Perfections. 



Ability of God to sanctify, 588. 

" of man to do right, 421. 

Abrahamic church, 116. 

"covenant, 117 — 121. 

Acceptance with God, 583-4i 

ACTIVITY required, 1. 

" in conversion, 600. 

Adam's fall, 157. 

" effects of, 158. 

Adoption of believers, 584. 

Adultery forbidden, 402 — 5. 

AFFLICTIONS, common, 2. 

" from God, 3. 

" benefits of, 4. 

" of the righteous, short, 5. 

" divine support under, 6. 

" demand sympathy, 7. 

" try mankind, 8. 

*• often misimproved, 9. 

AGED PERSONS, 10. 

Agency of God, 264—7. 

" of the Spirit, 347, 594—6. 

" moral, 271, 329, 373, 600. 

Almsgiving required, 406-7, 526. 

Amusement, see Mirth, 479. 

ANGELS, numerous, 11. 

" how employed, 12. 

ANGELS, APOSTATE, 13. 

" expressive names of, 14. 

" character and employment of, 15. 

" devices of, 16. 

" suggestions of, 17. 

" to be resisted, 18. 

Anger, sin and folly of, 735. 



Apostasy, original, 13, 157. 

" general, to come, 86. 

APOSTATES warned, 19. 

" hard to reclaim, 20. 

" were they regenerated 1 21. 

Apostles, 97—100. 

ATHEISM, 22. 

Atonement, 576 — 9. 

Backbiting forbidden, 729. 

BACKSLIDERS, 23. 

" Prone to murmur, 24. 

" insensible of their state, 25. 

" walk in darkness, 26. 

" threats against, 27. 

" called to repentance, 28. 

" need re-conversion, 29. 

" when turned, heartily confess, 30. 

BAPTISM, Mosaic, 31. 

" figurative, 32. 

"of John, 33, 34. 

" of Christ, by John, 35. 

" instituted by Christ, 36. 

" proper administrators of, 37. 

" proper subjects of, 38. 

" mode of, 39 

Beauty of God, 229. 

" of Zion, 672. 

Beneficence required, 406. 

Benevolence of God, 224. 

" of Christ, 56—60. 

" of saints, 661. 

" enjoined upon all, 406. 

" disinterested, 413. 



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INDEX. 



BIBLE inspired, 40. 

" the eyerlasting truth. 41. 

*' will all be fulfilled, 42. 

" proved by miracles, 43. 

" proved by prophecy, 44. 

" its internal evidence, 45. 

" our standard of faith, 46. 

" the true means of grace, 47 

" to be studied and taught, 48. 

" a written revelation, 49. 

" not to be perverted, 50. 

" all of it profitable, 51. 

Bishops, to instruct, etc., 101, 447. 

Blasphemy forbidden, 718 — 720. 

Blessedness of God, 215, 223, 

'• of heaven, 339, 340, 672. 

Blindness of sinners, 707. 

Boasting exemplified, 703. 

" of saints excluded, 668. 

Boldness exemplified, 460. 

Brotherly love required. 111. 

Call to preach, 449. 

Calling, effectual, 597. 

CAUTIONS AND WARNINGS: 

" against apostasy, 19. 

" " backsliding, 23. 

" " covetousness, 137. 

* " bad company, 179. 

" " error and errorists, 177. 

" " intemperance, 366. 

" " lewdness, 405. 

" " perverting Scripture, 50. 

" " false teachers, 477. 

" " the devices of Satan, 18. 

" " soul-murder, 555. 

" " suretyship, 717. 

" " tempters and temptation, 

724. 
" " trusting in man, 170. 
" " self-deception, 704. 
" " unrighteousness, 733. 
" " worldly idols, 741-2. 
See also Threats, in this Index. 
Censoriousness forbidden, 729. 
Charity, see Love, 412 — 414. 
" see also Liberality, 406 — 408. 
Chastisement of saints, 2—4. 
" of children, 494. 
Chastity required, 404-5. 
CHEERFULNESS, 52. 
CHILDREN, duties of, 53. 
" correction of, 54. 
" sometimes pious, 55. 
CHRIST'S EXAMPLE, 56. 
" obedience to God, 57. 
« self-denial, 58. 



" deadness to the world, 59. 

" love to man, 60. 

" condescension, 61. 

" meekness, etc , 62. 

" diligence, 63. 

" prayerfulness, 64. 

" preaching, 65. 

" reproving, 66. 

" temporary reputation, 67 

" suff*erings and death, 68. 

CHRIST'S HUMANITY, 69 

" dependence, 70. 

" son-ship, 71. 

" subjection to God, 72. 

" preeminence, 73. 

CHRIST'S DIVINITY, 74. 

" equality with God, 75. 

" divine attributes, 76. 

" divine works, 77, 78. 

" divine honors, 79, 80. 

'' mystery asserted, 81. 

" final triumph. 82. 

CHRIST'S KINGDOM, 83. 

" nature of, 84. 

" generally opposed, 85, 86. 

" will overthrow its enemies, 87. 

" and excite joy, 88. 

" warns the wicked, 89. 

" its certain triumph, 90. 

" its duration, 91. 

CHURCH, design of, 92. 

" foundation of, 93. 

" is greatly beloved, 94. 

*' is safe, 95. 

" its Head. 96. 

CHURCH OFFICERS: 

" apostles, 97-^100. 

" pastors, teachers, etc., 101. 

" deacons, 102. 

" elders, plurality of, 103. 

CHURCH ORDINANCES: 

" baptism and the Lord's Supper 

104. 
" preparation for, 105. 
" privilege of, 106. 
" should be observed, 107. 
CHURCH ORDER, ETC. : 
" an early Convention, 108. 
" discipline, 109. 
" rules for edification, 110. 
" love and fellowship. 111. 
" disfellowship, 112. 
CHURCH UNITY, 113. 
" not to be rudely broken, 114. 
" its proper limits, 115. 
" root and branches, 116. 



INDEX, 



ts 



CHURCH ABRAHAMIC : 

" its covenant, 117, 118. 

•' its seal, 119. 

*' its covenant blessings, 120. 

*' lis covenant permanent, 121. 

Circumcision, 119. 

Civil government, 310 — 319. 

Commandments, ten, 281. 

COMPANIONS, 122. 

Compassion to sufferers, 7, 526. 

" of God, 225. 522. 

" of Christ, 60. 

Complacency of God, 504. 

*' of saints in God, 657. 

" of saints in each other, 111. 

Condescension required, 123. 

•' of God, 228. 

" of Christ, 61. 

Conditions, see Terms. 

Confession of sin, 124. 

CONSCIENCE, 125. 

" may be seared, 126. 

" often misinformed, 127. 

" will not always sleep, 1 28. 

" demands obedience, 129. 

*' should be respected, 130. 

*' causes comfort or pain, 131. 

Consequences, beloag to God, 659. 

Consideration required, 132. 

Contempt and scorn, 673. 

Contending for truth, 188. 

Contention sinful, 735 — 7. 

Contentment, a duty, 133. 

Contrast, (law and gospel,) 306. 

*' saints and sinners, 645 — 656. 

Controversy, God's, 230. 

" with God, 272, 695. 

Conversion necessary, 589. 

" of the Jevx^s, 382. 

Conviction of sin, 590. 

COURAGE required. 134. 

COURTESY required, 135. 

Covenant of redemption, 575. 

" with Abraham. 117—121. 

Covenanting with God, 502. 

COVETOUSNESS, 136. 

" prohibited, 137. 

"■ punished. 138. 

*' evils of, 408. 

CREATION produced, 139. 

" time employed in, 140. 

" of the orbs, for lights, 141. 

" indicates wisdom, 142. 

Crimes, capital. 315, 316. 

Crucifixion of Christ, 68. 

Cruelty of sinners, 701. 

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Cruelty to servants forbidden, 679. 

" of warriors, 734. 

Custom, its power, 143. 

Darkness, works of, 167. 

Day of judgment, 383—390. 

Deacons appointed, 102. 

DEATH, by sin, 144. 

" the lot of all, 145. 

" time of appointed, 146. 

" ordered by God, 147. 

'• soon approaches, 148. 

" often sudden, 149. 

" the end of earth, 150. 

" late in life, desirable, 151. 

" destroys not the soul, 152. 

'' fear of overcome, 153. 

" to be patiently waited for, 154 

" dreadful to the wicked, 155. 

" demands preparation, 156. 

Death, spiritual, 165. 

Death, the second, 563. 

" in impenitence, 564. 

" of false hopes, 590. 

Decalogue, 281—3. 

Deceivers, 16, 474. 

Deceit of sinners, 702. 

Deceiving ourselves, 704. 

Decrees of God, 249—258. 

Dependence on God, 261 — 3. 

" for sanctification, 594 — 6. 

'* in using means, 434. 

" consistent with freedom, 271. 

'' of Christ. 70. 

DEPRAVITY— the fall, 157. 

" consequences of, 158. 

" guilt of, personal, 159. 

" its hateful nature, 160. 

" its connection with law, 161. 

'* not founded in mere ignorance, 

162. 
" its universality, 163. 
" its native origin, 164. 
" its total dominion, 165. 
" its strength and obstinacy, 166. 
" its works of darkness, 167. 
'• its restraints, 168. 
" its perpetuity, 169. 
" makes men untrusty, 170. 
N. B. — See also Sinners, 688 — 710. 
Despondency reproved, 171. 
Devices of Satan, 16. 
Devil, character of, 14 — 17. 
" to be resisted, 18. 
" will be defeated, 277. 
Devotion to God required, 295. 
Diet, see Food, 199. 



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INIITEX. 



Dignity of man, 419—422. 

" of the saints, 672. 

Diligence, see Activity, 1 . 

Directions to sinners, 60K 

Discipline of the church, 109. 

Discretion required, 172. 

Disfellowship, 112, 177, 477. 

Dishonesty forbidden, 732. 

Disinterestedness, 413 — 15. 

" of Chrjyt, 56. 

" of saints, 661. 

Disobedience of sinners, 691. 

" to parents, punished, 494. 

Divinity of the Father, 212—248. 

•^ of the Son, 74—82. 

** of the Spirit, 346. 

Divisions and separations, 114. 

Divorce discountenanced, 427. 

Dress, precepts on, 1 73. 

Drunkenness forbidden, 366. 

Earth, to be destroyed, 386. 

Economy required, 1 72, 

Effectual calling, 597. 

Edification, rules for, 110. 

Egotism forbidden, 703. 

Elders, to teach, 101. 

'* authority of, 455. 

** plurality of, when needed, 103. 

Election, national, 253. 

" individual, 254. 

Enmity against God, 690, 740. 

ENVY forbidden, 174. 

Equality, ministerial, 101. 

" of rights, 631—5. 

ERROR corrupting, 175. 

" tries mankind, 176. 

Errorists to be avoided, 177. 

Evangelists, 101. 

Evidence of piety, 602. 

"of true faith, 186. 

Evil, moral, overruled, 267-8. 

EXAMPLE required, 178. 

" precepts on, 179. 

** of Christ, 56—66. 

Excommunication, 109. 

Excuses of sinners, 373, 706. 

Exercises of the heart, 329. 

" sinful or holy, 505. 

Expediency of doing right, 286, 630. 

** of maintaining truth, 433. 

*' of civil government, 311. 

Expostulations divine, 371. 

Extortion forbidden, 733. 

Extravagance forbidden, 180. 

EAITH, nature of, 181. 

•* counted for righteousness. 182. 



Faith in Christ necessary, 18B. 

'* exemplified, 1 84. 

« eflTects of, 185. 

" evidence of, 186. 

'^ should be sti'ong, 187. 

" contending for, 188. 

" of miracles, 189, 190. 

" often spurious and ruinous ^ 19! . 

Fall of man, 157. 

Falsehood, see Lying, 416. 

FASTING acceptable, 1 92. 

" examples of, 193. 

" often spurious, 194. 

Faults reproved, 610, 611. 

Fear of God, required, 290. 

•' of man forbidden, 460. 

Fellowship with God, 657. 

" with saints, 111—113. 

" with errorists, 177, 477. 

FEMALE INDUSTRY, 195. 

" piety and kindness, 196. 

" subordination and speaking, 197. 

Fighting forbidden, 735, 736. 

Fight of faith, 738. 

Firmness required, 712. 

FLATTERY, common, 198. 

" characteristic of sinners, 702. 

FOOD, precepts on, 199. 

Folly of sin, 733. 

FOOLS described, 200. 

FORBEARANCE, 201, 737. 

^' of God, 227. 

" often abused, 202. 

Forjretting God reproved, 692. 

FORGIVENESS, DIVINE, 583. 

" required, 203. 

Formality unavailing, 191. 

Fornication forbidden, 404. 

Fraud forbidden, 732. 

Free agency, 271, 329, 555-6, 600. 

Free inquiry, 632. 

FRIENDSHIP, true, 204. 

" spurious, 205. 

Gentleness required, 499. 

" exemplified, 62, 660. 

Glorifying God, 300, 301. 

Glorv of God, 214, 277. 

'' of Christ, 82. 

" of saints in heaven, 672. 

Gluttony reproved, 199. 

GOD seen by intuition, 206. 

" made known by his works, 207. 

" a moral agent, 208. 

*' his chief end, 209. 

" his mode of existence, 210, 211. 



INDEX, 



GOD'S ATTRIBUTES: 

** eternity, 212. 

" foreknowledge, 213. 

" greatness and supremacy, 214, 

" essential happiness, 215, 

"invisibility, 216. 

" immutability, 217, 

** omnipotence, 218. 

" omniscience, 219. 

'• omnipresence, 220. 

" self existence, 221, 

" natural wisdom, 222, 

GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION: 

" blessedness, 223, 

" benevolence, 224, 

" compassion, 225. 

" faithfulness, 226. 

" forbearance, 227. 

" goodness, 228. 

" holiness and beauty, 229. 

" holy hatred of iniquity, 230. 

" impartiality, 231. 

" justice and righteousness, 232. 

" mercy and kindness, 233, 

" sovereignty and independence, 234. 

" truth, 235. 

" vindicative justice, 236-7. 

'' zeal, 238. 

GOD'S PREROGATIVES: 

" to own us as his property, 239. 

" to fix natural law, 240. 

" to give supreme moral law, 241. 

•* to regenerate or not, 242. 

" to employ tempters, 243. 

" to require human life, 244. 

" to set up rulers to scourge us, 245. 

" to visit iniquity, 246. 

" to use men instrumentally, 247. 

" to vindicate himself, 248. 

GOD'S PURPOSES, best, 249. 

" eternal and immutable, 250. 

" universal and particular, 251. 

" include moral evils, 252. 

" include national election, 253. 

" include individual election, 254. 

" place election prior to faith, 255. 

" include vessels of wrath, 256. 

" include means and ends, 257. 

" encourage the use of means, 258. 

GOD'S PROVIDENCE: 

" nature and efficacy of, 259, 

" extent of, 260. 

" supplies our wants, 261. 

" upholds all creatures, 262. 

" preserves all, 263. 

" governs the heart, 264. 



" uses moral instruments, 265. 
** controls popular favor, 266. 
" controls moral evils, 267. 
^' brings good out of evil, 268. 
" approves not sin, 269. 
" has motives above ours, 270, 
" disturbs not our freedom, 271, 
" objections against, 272-3. 
" wonders of, 274. 
" incomprehensible, 275. 
" makes men know the Lord, 276, 
" will secure his glory, 277. 
" a solid ground of joy, 278. 
" demands attention, 279« 
GOD'S LAW, supreme, 280. 
" the Decalogue, 281. 
" its promulgation, 282. 
" summaries of, 283, 
" very sacred, 284. 
" requires perfection, 285, 
" is reasonable, 286. 
" its penalty, 287. 
" requires true love to God, 288-9. 
" requires the fear of God, 290-1 . 
" requires trust in God, 292^-4. 
" requires supreme devotion, 295. 
" requires joy in God, 296-7. 
" requires submission, 298-9. 
" requires honoring God, 300-1. 
GOD'S MORAL GOVERN- 
MENT: 
" requires obedience, 302. 
*'■ punishes disobedience, 303, 
GOSPEL, its origin, 304. 
" its gracious design, 305. 
" its distinctive terms, 306. 
" its plan comprehensive, 307. 
" its high standard of duty, 308. 
" its fearful penalty, 309. 
" its provisions, 576 — 585, 672. 
Government moral, 302. 
GOVERNMENT CIVIL, 310. 
" expedient and necessary, 311. 
" demands qualified rulers, 312. 
" includes duties for rulers, 313. 
" includes duties for subjects, 314. 
" its penalty for crimes, 315, 316. 
" its penalty for treason, 317. 
" its wicked rulers injurious, 318. 
" sometimes to be resisted, 319. 
Grace of God, 233, 305, 586. 
" opposed by sinners, 696 
Gratitude exemplified, 320 
Gravity required, 711. 
Grief, divine, 230, 
" of saints, 662. 



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INDEX. 



Habit, see custom, 143. 
Hands, laying on of, 399 — 400. 
HAPPINESS sensual, 321. 
" intellectual, 322. 
" of self-denial, 323. 
" of holy obedience, 324. 
'' of loving God, 325. 
" of trusting in God, 326. 
' of a good conscience, 327. 
of heaven, 328, 339, 672. 
"of God, 215, 223. 
HEART, voluntary, 329. 
" sometimes divided, 330. 
^ " has moral qualities, 331. 

" its controlling influence, 332. 
" sincerity of demanded, 333. 
" divine control of, 264. 
Heathenism described, 359. 
HEAVEN, a place. 334. 
*• its pure light, 335. 
" its perfect holiness, 336. 
" its everlasting rest, 337. 
" its nearness to God, 338. 
" its pure happiness, 339. 
" its high rewards, 340, 672. 
" its perpetuity, 341. * 

" its rewards, unmerited, 342. 
HELL, a place of fire, 343. 
" its dreadful misery, 573. 
" its degradation, 574. 
Heresies, see error, 176. 
HOLINESS, value of, 344. 
^' of Gv.d, 229, 230. 
HOLY SPIRIT, 345. 
" his divinity, 346. 
'• his official work, 347. 
" sinning against, 348. 
'' judicial departure of, 349. 
" promised believers, 350. 
' outpouring of, 620. 
" agency of, 594 — 6. 
Home, keeping at, 351. 
Honesty required, 629. 
'• rewards of, 630. 
" of saints, 659. 
Honoring God required, 300. 
HOPE IN GOD, 292—4, 352. 
" full assurance of, 353. 
HOSPITALITY, a duty, 354. 
" examples of, 355. 
Humanity of Christ, 69. 
Human nature, untrustv, 170. 
HUMILITY, nature of, 356. 
" required and encouraged, 357. 
Hypocrisy exemplified, 702. 



IDLENESS reproved, 358. 

" of sinners, 709. 

IDOLATRY portrayed, 359. 

" its gods a cheat, 360. 

" its worship forbidden, 361. 

" provoking to God, 362. 

" of sinners, 698-9. 

" world Iv, 742. 

IGNORANCE, sin of, 363. 

" of sinners, 707, 739. 

Illumination of saints, 598. 

Image worship forbidden, 361. 

Immortality of the soul, 422. 

Impartiality required, 629. 

Imperfection of saints, 507. 

Inability, moral, 166. 

Inactivity reproved, 1. 

Incarnation of Christ, 69. 

Inconsideration reproved, 132. 

Indolence reproved, 1, 358. 

Industry required, 1. 

" of Christ, 63. 

Inexpediency of sin, 733. 

Infidelity and Atheism, 22. 

Ingratitude, 205. 

" of sinners, 701. 

Inspiration of Bible, 40. 

Instability, 364. 

INTEMPERANCE, 365. 

" forbidden — penalty of, 366. 

" liquor-sellers reproved, 367. 

" wisdom of abstinence, 368. 

" public men especially charged, 369. 

Intercession of Christ, 516. 

INVITATIONS, 370. 

" with expostulations, 371. 

" sincerely made, 372. 

" rejected by sinners, 373. 

Irony, examples of, 374. 

Jesus, see Christ, 56. 

JEWS, numerous, 375. 

" their territory, 376. 

" their dispersion, 377. 

" their return to Palestine, 378. 

" obstacles removed, 379. 

" enlarged possessions, 380. 

" their future trials, 381. 

" their conversion, 382. 

Joy in God required, 296. 

JUDGMENT, general, 383. 

" its design, 384. 

'* its suddenness, 385. 

*• its final conflagration. 386. 

" its final separations, 387. 

" its final Judge, 388. 

" its particular disclosures, 389. 



LNDEX. 



•* its final decisions, 390. 

Judicial visitations, 349, 497. 

Justice and equity required, G29. 

*' towai-ds servants required, 679, 

" of God, 232. 

" vindicative, 236-7. 

Justification by faith, 583. 

Kindness required, 354, 610, 715. 

Kingdom of Christ, 83. 

KNOWLEDGE required, 391. 

" benefits of, 392, 

^' essential to true love, 393, 

" admits of certainty, 394. 

'' how attained, 395. 

" to be imparted, 396, 

^' of ourselves required, 397. 

*' more perfect hereafter, 398, 

" intuitive, 206, 420. 

Laughter and mirth, 479. 

Law of God, 280—287. 

LAYING ON OF HANDS, 399. 

" in working miracles, 400, 

" in giving charges, 401. 

Levity, sinful, 479. 

LEWDNESS, frequent, 402. 

** deceitful and alluring, 403. 

" sinful and forbidden, 404. 

*^ guilt and condemnation of, 405. 

LIBERALITY, duty of; 406. 

* examples of, 407. 

* rewapis of, 408. 
Licentiousness, 402. 
Light, sinning against, 309. 
" of nature, 207. 

Long suffering of God, 227. 

Lord's supper, 104. 

LOVE TO GOD, 288, 

" our primary duty, 409. 

" reasons for, 410. 

" often spurious, 411. 

LOVE TO MAN, 412, 

LOVE DISINTERESTED, 413. 

" examples of, 414. 

" rewards of, 415. 

" of God, 94, 224, 585, 672. 

" of Christ, 60, 370—372. 

" to the brethren required. 111. 

Lowliness required, 482. 

" of Christ, 62. 

LYING prevalent, 416. 

"forbidden, 417. 

" offensive to God, 418. 

MAN'S COMMON ORIGIN, 419. 

" power of intuition, 420. 

" power of reason, 421. 

" immortality, 422. 



MARRIAGE, 423. 

" directions respecting, 424. 

*' its mutual duties, 425. 

" forbids polygamy, 426. 

" forbids divorce, 427. 

MEANS OF GRACE, 428, 

" use of indispensable, 429. 

" preaching, the principal. 430. 

" use of encouraged, 431. 

" success in using, 432. 

" superiority of the true, 433, 

^' made effectual by God's Omnipo- 
tence, 434. 

" their effects, different, 435. 

" use of sometimes hopeless, 436. 

Means and ends connected, 257. 

Meditation exemplified, 665, 

MEEKNESS required, 437, 

" encouraged, 438. 

" examples of, 439. 

" of Christ, 62. 

" of saints, 660. 

Mercy of God, 233. 

MILLENNIUM on earth, 440, 

*' its holiness, 441. 

" its peace and unity, 442. 

" its light and knowledge, 443. 

" its general prosperity, 444. 

" its great enjoyment, 445. 

" contmsted with former times, 446, 

MINISTRY, design of, 447. 

" divinely appointed, 448, 

" call to preach, 449, 

" ordination of ministers, 450 

" oriental priesthood, 451. 

" primitive preaching, 452, 

" qualifications for, 453. 

*' expressive names of, 454. 

" authoritv of, 455-6. 

MINISTERS' DUTIES, 

" to take heed to themselves, 869, 
457. 

'* to preach faithfully, 458. 

" to be inofi'ensive, 459. 

** to be fearless, 460. 

" to point out sins, 461. 

" to discriminate, 462. 

" to pray for others, 463. 

" to be devoted to the calling, 464. 

Ministerial parity, 101. 

MINISTERIAL CALLING. 

" responsibleness, 465. 

" temptations, 466. 

" trials, 467. 

" success in preaching, 468-9. 

" rewards, 470. 



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INDEX. 



" demands prayer and sympathy, 

471. 
*' pecuniary support, 472. 
MINISTERS OF SATAN, 
*' very numerous, 473. 
" very deceitful, 474. 
" cruel and dancrerous, 475. 
" much sought after, 476. 
" to be avoided, 477. 
•' ruin themselves, and others, 478. 
Miracles, prove the Bible, 43. 
MIRTH AND LAUGHTER, 479. 
MISSIONS appointed, 480. 
'* encouraged, 481. 
MODESTY required, 482. 
" in good works, 483. 
" of Christ, 62. 
Moral agency of God, 208. 
*' of mankind, 271. 
Moral evils controlled, 267. 
" government, 302-3. 
" inability, 166. 
" necessity, 271. 
Murmurs of sinners, 700. 
Mystery of Christ and gospel, 81. 
" of Providence, 275. 
Names of Christ, 74. 
" of ministers, 454. 
" of saints and sinners, 646. 
*' of angels apostate, 14. 
NATIONAL BODIES, 484. 
" promises to the good, 485. 
" threats to the bad, 486. 
Natural ability, 600, 601, 421. 
Necessity, moral, 271. 
Neutrality, a mere pretence, 487. 
Oaths of confirmation, 720. 
Obedience of Christ, 57. 
" to God, evidence of piety, 602. 
" our title to pardon and life, 302. 
" of children to parents, 53. 
" to magistrates enjoined. 313. 
Objections against God, 272. 
Objectors reproved, 273. 
01)ligation denied, 705. 
Offence to be avoided, 459. 
Opposition to God, 740. 
'' to Christ. 85, 86. 
" to ministers, 467. 
*' to saints, 511, 740. 
OPPRESSION, 488. 
" effects of, 489. 
" displeasing to God, 490. 
" infatuates oppressors, 491. 
" threats against, 523. 
Ordinances of the gospel, 104 — 7. 



Ordination of ministers, 450. 

Ornaments in dress, 173. 

Ostentation exemplified, 703. 

Overcoming evil with good, 737. 

PARENTAL DUTIES, 

•' to set good examples, 492. 

'• to instruct and govern children, 

493. 
" to chastise for disobedience, 494. 
" to provide for children, 495. 
" happy result of faithfuln<>ss, 496 
" sad result of unfaithfulness, 497 
Partialitv forbidden, 526. 
PATIENCE required, 498. 
'' of Christ, 62. 
PEACE required, 499. 
" in believing, 666. 
" with God, 582. 
Peace-makers, (false,) 500. 
PENALTY OF THE LAW, 287 
" of the gospel, 309. 
"of civil laws, 315, 316. 
" of disobeying parents, 494. 
PERFECTION, duty of, 501. ^ 
" pledged in covenants, 502. 
" of saints, 503-4. 
" of true love, 505. 
" millennial, 506. 
" inconstancy of, in saints, 507. 
" united with trials, 508-9. 
" in pretence, 510. 
PERSECUTION, 511. 
" of Christ, 68. 
'• of faithful ministers, 467. 
" followed by a triumph, 512. 
Persecutors humbled, 513. 
PERSEVERANCE, 514. 
" divinely promised. 515. 
" prayed for bi Christ, 516. 
" sealed by the* Spirit, 517. 
Piety, evidence of, 602. 
" in early life, 55. 
Pity, divine, to the poor, 522. 
Pleasures, sensual, 675. 
" mirthful, 479. 
Politeness and courtesy, 135. 
Polygamy forbidden, 426. 
Poor, see povertv, 521. 
POPERY predicted, 518. 
*' false claim of, 519. 
" fearful end of, 520. 
Popular favor from God, 266 
" bestowed upon Christ, 67. 
POVERTY, its evils, 521. 
" excites God's pity, 522. 
" oppression of, forbidden, 523. 



INDEX. 



" united with grace, 524. 

" will triumph over tyrants, 525. 

" calls for present aid, 526. 

" relieving it encouraged, 527. 

PRAISE TO GOD, 528. 

" with devout feelings, 529. 

rRAYEIi, important, 530. 

" in secret, required, 531. 

" mental, exemplitied, 532. 

" verbal and audible required, 533. 

" with love to God, 534. 

" with faith in God, 535. 

" with submission to God, 536. 

" with humble confession, 537. 

" with a supreme regard for God, 538. 

" with forgiveness, 539. 

" with perseverance, 540. 

" in Christ's name, 541. 

" with godly sincerity, 542. 

" with devout sympathy, 543. 

" postures in, 544. 

" efficacy of, 545. 

" of sinners, not heard, 546. 

" neglected by sinners, 547. 

" neglect of, threatened, 548. 

Prayerfulness of Christ, 64. 

" of saints, 665. 

PREACHING, by Christ, 65. 

" faithfully, 458. 

" primitive mode of, 452. 

" the primary means of grace, 430. 

" success of, 468-9. 

Prejudice forbidden, 526. 

Presumption of sinners, 710. 

PRIDE, common, 549. 

" offensive to God. 550. 

'' tends to a fall, 551. 

'• of sinners, 696. 

PROBATION, 552. 

" limited to this life, 553. 

" includes dangers eternal, 554. 

" determines our final state. 555. 

" its awards accord with deeds. 556. 

Procrastination, 710, 727. 

Prodigality forbidden, 180. 

Profanity forbidden, 718. 

Profession of religion, 107. 

PROMISES CONDITIONAL: 

" to faith in Christ, 183. 

"to the fear of God, 291. 

" to humility, 357. 

" to liberalitv, 408. 

'< to loving God, 289. 

" to meekness, 438. 

*' to obedience, 302, 485. 

" to parental fidelity, 496. 



" to perseverance, 514. 
' to prayer, 545. 
' to repentance, 607. 
' to reprovers, 610. 
' to righteousness, 630. 
" to sabbath keeping, 642. 
" to searching the Bible, 48. 
" to self-denial, 674. 
" to sympathy with the oppressed, 

686. 
" to trust in God, 293. 
" to using means, 431. 
PROMISES ABSOLUTE: 
'' to bind Satan, 440. 
" to convert the Jews, 382. 
" to keep saints from final ruin, 515. 
'• to aid them under temptation, 72.5. 
" to raise saints above angels, 672. 
'• to the persecuted, 512. 
Prophecy confirms the Bible, 44 
Prosperity of the wicked. 565. 
" corrupting and dangerous, 625. 
Providence of God, 259—271. 
Provisions of the gospel, 576 — 585. 
Prudence required, 172. 
Public worship, 745. 
PeiNISHMENT FUTURE: 
" deserved by sinners, 557. 
" the prerogative of God, 558. 
" consistent varh love, 559. 
•' heaven lost. 560. 
" banishment to hell, 561. 
'• unpardonable sin, 562. 
" the second death, 563. 
" death in impenitence, 564. 
" evinced by prosperity, 565. 
" evinced by temporal judgmental, 

566. " 
" to continue forever, 567. 
" denied by some, 568. 
'• will fail to purify, 569. 
" why inflicted, 570. 
''' ap])rovcd by the righteous, 571. 
'• cries for relief unavailing, 572. 
" sources of, 573. 
" degradation of, 574. 
Punishment capital, 315. 
Purposes of God, 249—258. ^ 

Railing forbidden, 729, 730. 
Reason, power of, 421. 
Rebuke of sin, 66, 461, 610. 
Reconciliation by Christ, 582. 
*' to God, 306. 

REDEMPTION, covenant 575. 
" requires atonement, 576. 
" through Christ's death, 577. 



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INDEX. 



" made effectual, 578. 

" through a perfect sacrifice, 579. 

" through " a ransom for all," 580. 

" the Father's agency in, 581. 

" includes peace with God, 582. 

" includes forgiveness, 583. 

" embraces adoption, 584. 

" its signal mercies, 585. 

" its astonishing grace, 586. 

*' honorable to God, 587. 

REGENERATION, ETC., 588 

" indispensable, 589. 

" preceded by conviction, 590. 

" a radical change, 591. 

'• a moral change, 592. 

" alarming to sinners, 593. 

" creative power in, 594-5. 

" dependence in, 596. 

" an effectual call, 597. 

" its illumination, 598. 

" its divine teaching, 599. 

" human activity in, 600. 

•' required as a duty, 601. 

" evidences of, 602. 

REPENTANCE, nature of, 603. 

" its moral dignity, 604. 

" its signal effects, 605. 

'' its necessity, 606. 

" encouraged by promises, 607. 

" ascribed to God, 608. 

" is often spurious, 609. 

Reprobation, 256. 

REPROOF required, 610. 

" examples of, 66, 461, 611. 

'* received by the humble, 612. 

" rejected by the proud, 613. 

" wisdom of receiving, 614. 

" demands self-correction, 615. 

REPUTATION, value of, 616. 

Requirements, divine, 288 — 300. 

Resolution required, 134. 

Respect of persons avoided, 23 1 . 

Responsibility of man, 555. 

Rest of heaven, 337. 

RESURRECTION, 617. 

" bodies changed, 618. 

Retaliation forbidden, 737. 

Revenge forbidden, 735-6. 

REVIVALS, ancient, 619. 

'' by the Holy Spirit, 620. 

" happy effects of, 621. 

" to be prayed for, 622. 

" sometimes spurious, 623. 

Rewards future, 556. 

RICHES idolized, 624. 

" arc corrupting, 625. 



" not to be eagerly sought, 626. 

" vain and transitoiy, 627. 

" proper use of, 628. 

RIGHTEOUSNESS, 629. 

" present and future rewards of, 630. 

" of Christ, 56, 578. 

« of saints, 503-4, 659. 

RIGHTS OF GOD, 239—248. 

RIGHTS OF MAN, 631. 

" to inquire freely, 632. 

" to mental culture, 633. 

*•' to his own labor and family, 634-5. 

ROBBERY forbidden, 636. 

Romanism, 518. 

Rule of fiiith, 46. 

Rulers civil, 310—313. 

Ruling elders, 101, 103, 455. 

SABBATHs, instituted, 637. 

' enrolled in the Decalogue, 638. 

' recognized by Christ, 639. 

' appropriate duties of, 640. 

' to be kept holy, 641. 

' rewards for keeping it, 642. 

' its profanation punished, 643. 

' the first day of the week, 644. 

SAINTS, renewed, 645. 

' contrasted with sinners, 646 — 656. 

' rejoice in God, 657. 

• delight in truth, 658. 

' practise honesty, 659. 

' are meek and forgiving, 660. 

' are disinterested, 661. 

' grieve when God is dishonored,662. 

' feel their own guilt, 663. 

' live by faith, 664. 

' delight in prayer, 665. 

' have internal peace, 666. 

' make progress, 667. 

' cannot boast, 668. 

' not numerous, but will be, 669. 

' the light of the world, 670. 

' their singularity, 671. 

' tlieir final dignity, 672. 

Salvation, way of, 575 — 586. 

' conditional, 555. 

' by grace, 586. 

SANCTIFICATION, 588—597. 

' by the Spirit, 594—6. 

SATAN, character of, 15. 

' will be defeated, 277. 

' his devices, 16, 17. 

' his ministers, 473 — 8. 

SCORN AND CONTEMPT, 675. 

Sealing of the Spirit, 517. 

Self-conceit, 510, 549. 

Self-deception. 704. 



INDEX. 



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SELF-DENIAL, 674. 
" of Christ, 58. 
Self-examination, 105, 397. 
SELFISHNESS, 136—138. 
" of sinners, stupid, 689. 
SELFISH RELIGION, 191, 194, 

411. 
Self-justification, 706. 
Self-knowledge, 397. 
Self-righteousness, 550, 696. 
SENSUALITY, reproved, 675. 
" of sinners, 698. 
Separations final, 387. 
Seriousness, see Sobriety, 711. 
SERVITUDE, oriental, 676. 
" laws to regulate, 677 — 9. 
" apostolic precepts, 680. 
" ancient sale of men, 681. 
" manstealing forbidden, 682. 
" freedom of the Jubilee, 683. 
" freedom desirable, 684. 
" general precepts, 685. 
" promises to kindness, 686. 
" duty to the oppressed, 687. 
Sin, see Depravity, 157. 
" cannot be blended with good, 505. 
" its ill desert, 557. 
" its destructive tendencies, 733. 
" overruled for good, 267-8. 
" what kind is unpardonable, 562. 
Sins and vices. See Threats. 
SINNERS, unholy, 688. 
" full of selfishness, 689. 
" enemies to God, 690. 
" disobedient to God, 691. 
'• prone to forget God, 692. 
^ stupid and inattentive to God, 693. 
" depart from God, 694. 
" hate the divcne government, 695. 
" opposed to grace, 696. 
" rather die than submit, 697. 
" inclined to sensuality, 698. 
" prone to idolatry, 699. 
*' apt to murmur, 700. 
" ungrateful and cruel, 701. 
*' deceitful, 702. 
" boastful, 703. 
" fond of deception, 704. 
" deny obligation, 705. 
*' excuse their sins, 706. 
" cherish blindness, 707. 
« cherish unbelief, 568. 708. 
•' inclined to idleness, 709. 
" are presumptuous, 710. 
SLANDER, See Lying, 416. 
« forbidden, 729. 



Slavery, see Servitude, 676 — 687. 

Slaying of witnesses, 86. 

Sleep and sloth, 1 , 358. 

Snares laid by sinners, 702. 

Sobriety required, 711. 

Soul, immortal, 422. 

'* sleeps not, after death, 152, 

Sovereignty of God, 234, 240 — 6. 

Spirituality required, 156. 

" manifested by saints, 664. 

Spirit, Holy, 345—350. 

" outpouring of, 620. 

" agency of, 594—596. 

Spurious faith and religion, 19L 

"fasting, 194. 

"love to God, 411. 

" repentance, 609. 

" revivals, 623. 

Stability required, 712. 

Standard of faith, 46. 

Standards, false, condemned, 46. 

Steadfastness required, 712. 

STEALING forbidden, 713. 

" punishment of, 714. 

Strangers, duty to, 715. 

Stupidity of sinners, 693. 

Submission to God, 278, 298. 

" unconditional, 298-9. 

Sueing at the law, 716. 

Supper of our Lord, 104. 

Suretyship discouraged, 717. 

SWEARING forbidden, 718. 

" rashly, 719. 

'• oaths of confoi*mation, 720. 

Sympathy in afflictions, 7. 

'• for the oppressed, 687. 

" for the poor, 526. 

'^ of females, 196. 

Tattling forbidden, 729. 

Teachers, false, 473,-477. 

Teaching, divine, 599. 

TEMPERANCE, a duty, 721. 

" in food, 199. 

TEMPTATION, common, 722. 

" not of God, 723. 

" watching against, 724. 

" overcome through grace, 725. 

TERMS OF SALVATION: 

" faith in Christ, 183. 

" forgiveness, 203. 

" love to God, 288. 

'' love to man, 412. 

" love disinterested, 413. 

" obedience to God, 302. 

" perseverance, 514. 

" reconciliation to God, 306. 



INDEX. 



** regeneration, 589, 601. 

" repentance, 606. 

" righteousness, 629. 

•' submission to God, 278, 298. 

Terms of the law and gospel, 306. 

THREATS OF EVIL: 

" to backsliders, 27. 

" to disobedience, 303. 

" to capital offenders, 315, 316. 

" to covetousness, 138. 

*' to despisers of the gospel, 309. 

" to idolaters, 362. 

" to the implacable, 203. 

" to the intemperate, 366-7. 

" to the lewd, 405. 

*' to liars, 418. 

" to manstealers, 682. 

** to murderers, 315, 316. 

" to nations, for vices, 486. 

*' to oppressors, 490, 523. 

" to Papists, 520. 

" to parents, unfaithful, 497. 

" to persecutors, 513. 

" to the proud, 550. 

" to sabbath breakers, 643. 

" to sacrilege, 50, 301. 

" to slanderers, 729. 

" to swearers, 718. 

" to teachers, false, 475. 

" to thieves, 714. 

" to unbelievers, 708. 

" to the unrighteous, 733. 

" to warriors, 736. 

" to works of darkness, 167. 

TIME, short, 726. 

" to be improved, 727. 

Title to life, 302. 

TONGUE, mischievous, 728. 

" its sins forbidden, 729, 730. 

"should be bridled, 731. 

Tradition, false, 46. 

Trials, see Afflictions, 2. 

" of ministers, 467. 

" of the Jews, to come, 381. 

Trinity, 210, 211. 

Trust in God, 292—4. 

*• not in man, 170. 

TRUTH of God, 235. 

" belief in, indispensable, 183. 

" the means of grace, 47. 



" required of ail, 629. 

Unbelief of sinners, 708. . 

" in future evils, 568. 

Union, Unity, 111—115. 

" of God, 210. 

" during the millennium, 442. 

Unpardonable sin, 562. 

Unregenerate works, 546, 589. 

Unrighteousness, 732. 

•' tends to ruin, 733. 

Utility of the right, 630. 

'' of the truth, 47, 51, 279, 433, 458 

Vanity of life, 148. 

" of riches, 627. 

Vessels of wrath, 256. 

Vices, see Threats. 

Vindicative justice, 236-7. 

Visiting the- flock, 463. 

WAR, common, 734. 

" sin and folly of, 735, 736. 

"• how to prevent it, 737. 

Warfare, Christian, 738. 

Warning, general, 89. 

" against the second death, 554. 

" against self-deception, 704. 

WATCHFULNESS, 738. 

" against temptation, 724. 

Wickedness of sinners, 690. 

Widow and fatherless, 522-7. 

Wisdom of God, 222. 

" in creation, 142. 

Witness of the word, 347, (3.) 

'• of the Spirit, 347, (4.) 

Women, see Females, 195. 

Works of darkness, 167. 

WORLD, ignorant, 739. 

" opposed to God, 740. 

" corrupting and dangerous, 741. 

" its idols forbidden, 742. 

" overcome bv grace, 743. 

WORSHIP 6f God, 744. 

" should be public, 745. 

" with proper instruction, 746. 

" with prayer and praise, 747. 

Worship of creatures forbidden, 80. 

Wresting scripture, 50. 

Youth, see Children, 53. 

ZEAL, folse, 748. 

" the true exemplified, 749. 

" is indispensable 750. 



SCRIPTURE MANUAL. 



ACTIVITY AND DILIGENCE. 

1. Activity and diligence required and encouraged — iruu^ivity reproved. 

Gen. 3: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, 
till thou return unto the ground. 

Ex. 20: 9 Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work. 

Jud. 5: 23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, 
curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came 
not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against 
the mighty. 

1 Ch. 22: 16 Ark^thereforej and be doing, and the Lord be 
with thee. 

Pr. 10: 4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand : 
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. 5 He that gather- 
eth in summer is a wise son : hut he that sleepeth in harvest 
is a son that causeth shame. — 12: 24 The hand of the dili- 
gent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute. — 
13: 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing : 
but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. — 22: 29 Seest 
thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before 
kings ; he shall not stand before mean men. — 27: 23 Be thou 
diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy 
herds: 24 For riches are not forever. — 28: 19 He that till- 
eth his land shall have plenty of bread : but he that followeth 
after vain persons shall have poverty enough. 

Ec. 5: 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he 
eat little or much. — 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, 
do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor 
knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

Is. 52: 1 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, O Zion ; put 
on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city. 

Am. 6: 1 Wo to them that are at ease in Zion. 

Rom. 12: 1 1 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serv- 

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2 — 4 AFFLICTIONS — TRIALS — CHASTISEMENTS. 

Afilictions common — from God. 

ing the Lord. — 13: 11 Knowing the time, that now it is high 
time to wake out of sleep : for now is our salvation nearer than 
when we believed. 

Ep. 4: 28 Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let 
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, that 
he may have to give to him that needeth. 

1 Th. 4: 11 Study to be quiet, and to do your own business, 
and to work with your own hands, as Ave commanded you ; 12 
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and 
thU ye may have lack of nothing. [See 63, 358, 738, 749.] 

ATFLICTIONS— TRIALS — CHASTISEMENTS. 

2. Afflictions common to man. 

Job 5: 7 Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. 
— 7: 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and 
that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ? 18 And that 
thou shouldest visit him every morning, and ivj him every 
moment ? — 14: 1 Man that is bom of a woman is of few days, 
and full of trouble. 

3. Afflictions from God. 

IS. 2: 7 The Lord maketh poor, and maketh rich : he 
bringeth low, and lifteth up. 

Job 5: 6 Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth 
trouble spring out of the ground. 18 For he maketh sore, and 
bindeth up : he woundeth, and his hands make whole. 

Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst it. — 66: 11 Thou broughtest us into the net ; thou 
laidest affliction upon our loins. — 89: 30 If his children for- 
sake my law, and walk not in my judgments ; 31 If they 
break my statutes, and keep not my commandments ; 32 Then 
will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity 
with stripes. — 102: 10 Thou hast lifted me up, and cast me 
down. 23 He weakened my strength in the way ; he shortened 
my days. 

2 Cor. 12:7 Lest I should be exalted above measure through 
the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn 
in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buflet me, lest I should 
be exalted above measure. [See 147, 260.] 

4. Benefit of afflictions and fatherly cJiastisements. 

Dt. 8: 2 Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord 
thy Grod led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to hum- 
ble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, 
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 
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ATFLICTIONS — TRIALS CHASTISEMENTS. 4 

Benefit of. 

2 Ch. 33: 12 When he was in affliction, he besought the 
Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God 
of his fathers, 13 And prayed unto him : and he was entreated 
of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to 
Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the 
Lord he wcls God. 

Job 5: 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God correcteth: 
therefore despise not thou the chastening of the Almighty. — 
23: 1 He knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried 
me, I shall come forth as gold. 

Ps. 78: 34 When he slew them, then they sought him : and 
they returned and inquired early after God. 35 And they 
remembered that God was their Rock, and the high God their 
Redeemer. — 94: 12 Blessed is the man whom thou chastenest, 
O Lord, and teachest him out of thy law, 13 That thou 
mayest give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit 
be digged for the wicked. — 119: 67 Before I was afflicted I 
went astray : but now have I kept thy word. 71 It is good for 
me that I have been afflicted ; that I might learn thy statutes. 
75 I know, O Lord, tJiat thy judgments are right, and that 
thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

Pr. 3: 1 1 My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord : 
neither be weary of his correction: 12 For whom the Lord 
loveth he correcteth ; even as a father the son in whom he 
delighteth. 

Is. 26: 9 When thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabit- 
ants of the world will leai-n righteousness. — 27: 7 Hath he 
smitten him, as he smote those that smote him ? or is he slain 
according to the slaughter of them that are slain by him ? 9 
By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged ; and 
this is all the fruit to take away his sin. — 48: 10 Behold, I 
have refined thee, but not with silver ; I have chosen thee in 
the furnace of affliction. 

Jer. 24: 5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel ; Like 
these good figs:, so will I acknowledge them that are carried 
away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into 
the land of the Chaldeans for their good. 

Lam. 3: 27 It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in 
his youth. 

Dan. 11: 35 Some of them of understanding shall fall, to try 
them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time 
of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. — 12: 10 
Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried ; but the 
wicked shall do wickedly. 

Hos. 5: 1 5 In their affliction they will seek me early. 

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O AFFLICTIONS — TRIAL S — CHASTISEMENTS. 

Benefit of — short. 

Zee. 13: 9 I will bring the third part through the fire, and 
will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold 
is tried : they shall call on my name, and I will hear them : I 
will say, It is my people ; and they shall say, The Lord is 
my God. 

Rom. 5: 3 We glory in tribulations also ; knowing that tribu- 
lation worketh patience ; 4 And patience experience ; and 
experience, hope. 

1 Cor. 11: 32 When we are judged, we are chastened of the 
Lord, that we should not be condemned with the world. 

2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding ajid eternal weight of 
glory ; 18 While we look not at the things which are seen, but 
at the things which are not seen : for the things which are seen 
are temporal ; but the things which are not seen are eternal. — 
12: 10 I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessi- 
ties, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake : for when I 
am weak, then am I strong. 

Heb. 2: 10 It became him, for whom are all things, and by 
whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make 
the Captain of their salvation perfect through sufiPerings. — 12: 
10 They verily for a few days chastened us after their own 
pleasure ; but he for our profit, that ice might be partakers of 
his holiness. 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth 
to be joyous, but grievous : nevertheless, afterward it yieldeth 
the- peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exer- 
cised thereby. 

Jam. 1: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into 
divers temptations ; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. 12 Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation : for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of 
life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him. 

1 Pet. 1: 7 That the trial of your faith, being much more 
precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with 
fire, might be found unto praise, and honor, and glory, at the 
appearing of Jesus Christ. 

[See 508, 512, 515.] 

5. The afflictions of the righteous short. 

Job 11: 16 Because thou shalt forget thy misery, and remem- 
ber it as waters that pass away. 

Ps. 30: 5 His anger endureth hut a moment ; in his favor is 
life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy coyneth in the 
morning. 

Lam. 3: 32 Though he cause grief, yet will he have compas- 
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AFFLICTIONS — TRIALS CHASTISEMENTS. 6, 7 

Support under — demand sympathy 

sion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth 
not afllict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 

2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light afiiiction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory. [See 225, 585.] 

6. God^ the believer^s support and helper under afflictions. 

Ps. 23: 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the 
shadow of death, I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy 
rod and thy staff they comfort me. — 31: 7 I will be glad and 
rejoice in thy mercy : for thou hast considered my trouble ; 
thou hast known my soul in adversities ; 8 And hast not shut 
me up into the hand of the enemy : thou hast set my foot in a 
large room. — 4G: 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very 
present help in trouble. 

Is. 25: 4 Thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength 
to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow 
from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm 
against the wall. — 49: 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O 
earth ; and break forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lokd 
hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his 
afflicted. 

Jer. 16: 19 O Lord, my strength and my fortress, and my 
refuge in the day of affliction. 

2 Cor. 1: 3 Blessed he God, even the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all com- 
fort ; 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may 
be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the com- 
fort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. 

[See 657, 725.] 

7. Afflictions demand sympathy — examples. 

Job 6: 14 To him that is afflicted pity should be shewed from 
his friend. 

Ps. 35: 13 As for me, when they were sick, my clothing was 
sackcloth : I humbled my soul with fasting ; and my prayer 
returned into mine own bosom. 14 1 behaved myself as though 
he had been my friend or brother : I bowed down heavily, as 
one that mournethyb?- his mother. 

Rom. 12: 15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep 
with them that weep. 

Ph. 4: 14 Ye have well done that ye did communicate with 
my affliction. 

Heb. 13: 3 Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with 
them ; and them which suffer adversity, as being yourselves 
also in the body. [See 526.] 

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8, 9 AFFLICTIONS — TRIALS" — CHASTISEMENTS. 

Often misimproved. 

8. Afflictions try mankind. 

Dt. 8: 2 Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord 
thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to hum- 
ble thee, and to prove thee, to know what ivas in thy heart, 
whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. 3 And 
he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee 
with manna. [See 4.] 

9. Afflictions often misimproved and magnified. 

Job 10: 15 1am full of confusion ; therefore see thou mine 
affliction; 16 For it increaseth. Thou huntest me as a fierce 
lion : and again thou shewest thyself marvellous upon me. 17 
Thou renewest thy witnesses against me, and increasest thine 
indignation upon me; changes and war are against me. 18 
Wherefore then hast thou brought me forth out of the womb ? 
Oh that I had given up the ghost, and no eye had seen me ! — 
16: 12 I was at ease, but he hath broken me asunder : he hath 
also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set 
me up for his mark. 

Is. 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will revolt 
more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart 
faint. — 9: 13 The people turneth not unto him that smiteth 
them, neither do they seek the Lord of hosts. 

Jer. 5: 3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth ? thou 
hast stricken them, but they have not grieved ; thou hast con- 
sumed them, hut they have refused to receive correction : they 
have made their faces harder than a rock ; they have refused 
to return. 

Lam. 1:12 Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, 
and see if there be any sorrow hke unto my sorrow, which is 
done unto me, wherewith the Lord hath afflicted me in the 
day of his fierce anger. 1 3 From above hath he sent fire into 
my bones, and it prevaileth against them : he hath spread a 
net for my feet, he hath turned me back : he hath made me 
desolate arte? faint all the day. — 3: 10 Yi% was unto me «5 a 
bear lying in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 1 1 He hath 
turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces : he hath made 
me desolate. 12 He hath bent his bow, and set me as a mark 
for the arrow. 

Am. 4: 6 I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all 
your cities, and want of bread in all your places : yet have ye 
not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 7 — 11. ' 

[See 569, 700.] 

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ANGELS. 10 — 12 



Duties to the aged — Angels numerous — their employment. 

AGED PERSONS. 

10. Duties to the aged. 

Lev. 19: 32 Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and 
honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the 
Lord. 

1 Tim. 5: 1 Rebuke not an elder, but entreat him as a father, 
and the younger men as brethren ; 2 The elder women as 
mothers ; the younger as sisters, with all purity. 

1 Pet, 5: 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto 
the elder. [See 730.] 

ANGELS. 

11. Angels numerous, 

Heb. 12: 22 Ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city 
of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumera- 
ble company of angels. 

Rev. 5: 11 I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders : and 
the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and 
thousands of thousands. 

12. Employment of good angels. 

2 S. 24: 1 6 The angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem 
to destroy it. 

2 K. 19: 35 It came to pass that night, that the angel of the 
Lord went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a 
hundred four score and ^ve thousand. 

Job 38: 7 When the morning stars sang together, and all the 
sons of God shouted for joy ? 

Ps. 91: 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to 
keep thee in all thy ways. 12 They shall bear thee up in 
their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. 

Dan. 6: 22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the 
lions' mouths. — 9: 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, 
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the 
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the 
time of the evening oblation. 22 And he informed me, and 
talked with me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to 
give thee skill and understanding. 

Mat. 13: 39 The harvest is the end of the world; and the 
reapers are the angels. 41 The Son of man shah send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things 
that offend, and them which do iniquity. — 18: 10 Take heed 
that ye despise not one of these little ones : for I say unto you, 

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13 15 ANGELS APOSTATE. 



Their apostasy — names — character — employment. 



that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

Lk. 16: 22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and 
was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. 

Heb. 1: 14 Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to 
minister to them who shall be heirs of salvation ? 

ANGELS APOSTATE. 

13. Apostasy of angels. 

2 Pet. 2: 4 God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast 
them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, 
to be reserved unto judgment. 

Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he. hath reserved in everlasting chains, 
mider darknes? unto the judgment of the great day. 

Rev. 12:7 There was war in heaven: Michael and his 
angels foug/ t against the dragon ; and the dragon fought and 
his angels 8 And prevailed not; neither w^as their place 
found any more in heaven. 

14. N(i7nes of apostate angels. 

Is. 27: 1 Leviathan, the piercing and crooked serpent. — 
Mat. 4: 3 And when the tempter came to him, he said. If 
thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made 
bread. — 10: 1 Unclean spirits. — 13: 38 The field is the world ; 
the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are 
the children of the wicked 07ie ; 39 The enemy that sowed 
them is the devil. — Mk. 5: 9 Legion. — Lk. 11: 15 Beelze- 
bub. — Jn. 8: 44 Murderer, liar. — 14: 30 The prince of this 
world. — 2 Cor. 4: 4 The god of this world.— Ep. 2: 2 The 
prince of the power of the air. — 6: 12 The rulers of the darkness 
of this world. — 1 Pet. 5: 8 Your adversary the devil. — Rev. 
9: 11 Abaddon, (Heb.) Apollyon, (Gr.) — 12: 9 Great dra- 
gon, old serpent, devil, and Satan. — 9: 10 The accuser of the 
brethren. 

15. Character^ employment and agency, of evil spirits. 

Job 1: 7 The Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest thou? 
Then Satan answered the Lord, and said, From going to and 
fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. 

Mat. 13: 19 When any one heareth the word of the king- 
dom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked onej 
and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. 38 The 
field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the king- 
dom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ; 39 
The enemy that sowed them is the devil. 
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Their character and employment. 



Lk. 4: 5 The devil, taking him up into a high mountain, 
shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment 
of time. — 8: 12 Those by the way-side, are they that hear; 
then Cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their 
hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. — 22: 31 The 
Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have 
you, that he may sift you as wheat. 

Jn. 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. — 13: 2 Supper being ended, (the 
devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's 
son, to betray him.) 

Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back paii, of the 
price of the land ? 

2 Cor. 2: 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us : for 
we are not ignorant of his devices. — 4: 4 Li whom the god of 
this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, 
lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, w^ho is the im- 
age of God, should shine unto them. 

Ep. 2: 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now w^orketh in the children of disobe- 
dience. — 6: 12 We wrestle not against fiesh and blood, but 
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the 
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high 
places. 

2 Tim. 2: 26 That they may recover themselves out of the 
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 

1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, w^alketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour. 

Rev. 2: 24 Unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, 
As many as have not this doctrine, and which have not known 
the depths of Satan, as they speak ; I will put upon you none 
other burden. — 12: 9 The great dragon was cast out, that old 
serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole 
w^orld. 10 I heard a loud voice saying in heaven. Now is 
come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, 
and the power of his Christ : for the accuser of our brethren 
is cast down which accused them before our God day and 
night. 12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in 
them. Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, and of the sea ! for 

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16, 17 ANGELS APOSTATE. 



Their devices — Suggestions of. 



the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because 
he knoweth that he hath but a short time. — 20: 7 When the 
thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his 
prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations. 

16. By what means and devices do apostate angels lead mankind into sin 
and death ? 

Gen. 3: 13 The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

1 Ch. 21: 1 Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked 
David to number Israel. 

2 Cor. 11: 3 I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent be- 
guiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be 
corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 14 And no 
marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of 
light. 

2 Th. 2: 9 £Ji}en Mm, whose coming is after the working of 
Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders. 10 And 
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish. 

1 Tim. 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter 
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing 
spirits, and doctrines of devils. 

2 Tim. 2: 26 That they may recover themselves out of the 
snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. 

Rev. 16: 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out 
of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the 
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they 
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto 
the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them 
to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 

[See 474, 702.] 

17. Suggestions of the adversary. 

1. Tlmt sinners will escape threatened punishment. 

Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman. Ye shall not 
surely die : 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. 

2. That there is nothing but selfishness in religion. 

Job 1: 9 Satan answered the Lord and said. Doth Job 
fear God for nought ? 10 Hast not thou made a hedge about 
him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every 
side ? thou hast blessed the work of liis hands and his sub- 
stance is increased in the land. 11 But put forth thine hand 
now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy 
face. 

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ANGELS APOSTATE APOSTATES. 18, 19 

To be resisted — Cases of apostasy. 

3. That means are useless^ ivhere the end is divinely appointed. 

Mat. 4: 5 The devil taketh him up into the holy city, and 
setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, 6 And saith unto 
him, If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down, for it is 
written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee : and 
in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. [See 257.] 

4. Forbidding onatrimony and the use of meats. 

1 Tim. 4; 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the lat- 
ter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to 
seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking lies in 
hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; 
3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, 
which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of 
them which believe and know the truth. 

18. Apostate angels to be resisted, 

Ep. 4: 27 Neither give place to the devil. — 6: 12 "We 
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this 
world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, 13 Where- 
fore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be 
able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all to stand. 

Jam. 4: 7 Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. 

1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversaiy 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour. 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith. 

[See 477, 738.] 

APOSTATES. 

19. Cases of real and supposed apostasy — warnings — fearful end of 
apostates. 

1 S. 15: 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to he 
king : for he is turned back from following me, and hath not 
performed my commandments. 

1 Ch. 28: 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God 
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a 
willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek 
him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will 
cast thee off for ever. 

Ezk. 3: 20 When a rio^hteous man doth turn from his riocht- 
eousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block 
before him, he shall die: because thou hast not given him 
warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he 

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20 APOSTATES. 

End of — Hard to reclaim. 



hath done shall not be remembered ; but his blood will I re- 
quire at thine hand. — 18: 24 — 33: 18 ^Y\len the right- 
eous turneth from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, 
he shall even die thereby. 

Hos. 6: 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, 
what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning 
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 

Mat. 25: 8 The foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your 
oil : for our lamps are gone out. 

Lk. 9: 62 Jesus said unto him, No man having put his 
hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of 
God. 

Jn. 6: 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, 
and walked no more with him. 

Gal. 5: 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you, whosoever 
of you are justified by the law ; y^ are fallen from grace. 

1 Tim. 1: 19 Holding faith and a good conscience; which 
some having put away, concerning faith have made shipwreck. 

2 Tim. 1: 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in 
Asia be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

2 Pet. 2: 20 If after they have escaped the pollutions of the 
world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus 
Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the 
latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 21 For it 
had been better for them not to have known the way of right- 
eousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy 
commandment delivered unto them. 22 But it is happened unto 
them according to the true proverb. The dog is turned to his 
own vomit again ; and. The sow that was washed, to her wal- 
lowing in the mire. [See 23, 27.] 

20. Apostates hard to reclaim. 

Heb. 6: 4 It is impossible for those who were once enlight- 
ened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made 
partakers of the Holy Ghost, 5 And have tasted the good 
word of God, and the powers of the world to come, 6 If 
they shall fall away, to renew them again unto repentance ; 
seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and 
put him to an open shame. — 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after 
that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there re- 
maineth no more sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful 
looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall 
devour the adversaries. 
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ATHEISM. 21, 22 



Theoretical and practical. 



21 . Were Apostates ever truly rege?ierated ? 

Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

Mat. 15: 13 Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath 
not planted, shall be rooted up. 

Mk. 4: 1 6 These are they likewise which are sown on stony 
ground ; who, when they have heard the word, immediately 
receive it with gladness ; 17 And have no root in themselves, 
and so endure but for a time : afterward, when affliction or 
persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately they are 
offended. 

Jn. 6: 70 Jesus answered them. Have not I chosen you 
twelve, and one of you is a devil? — 17: 12 While I was with 
them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou 
gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son 
of perdition ; that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 

1 Jn. 2: 19 They went out from us, but they were not of us ; 
for if they had been of us, they would 7io doubt have continued 
with us : but thei/ went out, that they might be made manifest 
that they were not all of us. [See 515 — 517.] 

ATHEISM. 

22. Theoi'etical and practical Atheism. 

Ex. 5: 2 Pharaoh said. Who is the Lord, that I should 
obey his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither 
will I let Israel go. 

Job 21: 14 They say unto God, Depart from us; for we 
desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Al- 
mighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should we 
have, if we pray unto him ? 

Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. — 14: 
1 The fool hath said in his heart, Tfiere is no God. — 59:^ 
Behold, they belch out with their mouth : swords are in their 
lips : for who, say they, doth hear ? 

Is. 22: 13 Let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we shall 
die. 

Ezk. 8: 12 They say. The Lord seeth us not; the Lord 
hath forsaken the earth. 

Rom. 3: 18 There is no fear of God before their eyes. 

Ep. 2: 12 At that time ye were without Christ, being aliens 

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23 BACKSLIDING. 



Exemplified — Cauoions. 



fi'om the commoriAvealtli of Israel, and strangers from the 
covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the 
world. 

2 Pet. 3: 3 There shall come in the last days scoffers, walk- 
ing after their own lusts, 4 And saying. Where is the prom- 
ise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things 
continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. 

[See 200, 568, 692—5, 695, 705, 708.] 



BACKSLIDING. 

23. Examples of backsliding — cautions. 

Ex. 32: 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to 
come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves 
together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods 
which shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that 
brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is 
become of him. 2 And Aaron said unto them. Break off the 
golden ear-rings which are in the ears of your wives, of your 
sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me. 3 And 
all the people brake off the golden ear-rings which were in 
their ears, and brought ^^em unto Aaron. 4 And he received 
them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, afler 
he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy 
gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of 
Egypt. 5 And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before 
it ; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To-mon-ow is a 
feast to the Lord. 6 And they rose up eaily on the morrow, 
and offered burnt-offerings, and brought peace-offerings : and 
the people sat down to eat and to diink, and rose up to play. 

2 S. 12: 7 Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 9 
Wherefore hast thou despised the commandment of the Lord, 
to do evil in his sight ? thou hast killed Uriah the Hittite with 
the sword, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slain 
him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 

1 K. 11: 4 It came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his 
wives turned away his heart after other gods : and his heart 
was not perfect with the Lord his God, as was the heart of 
David his father. 

2 Ch. 1 6: 7 At that time Hanani the seer came to Asa king 
of Judah, and said unto him, Because thou hast relied on the 
king of Syria, and not relied on the Lord thy God, therefore 
is the host of the king of Syria escaped out of thine hand. 
8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubims a huge host, with 

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BACKSLIDING. 24 



Backsliders prone to murmur. 



Tery many chariots and horsemen? yet, because thou didst 
rely on the Lord, he delivered them into thine hand. 9 
Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth 
thou shalt have wars. 10 Then Asa was wroth with the seer, 
and put him in a prison-house ; for he was in a rage with him 
because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people 
the same time. 

Jer. 8: 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back 
by a perpetual backsliding ? they hold fast deceit, they refuse 
to return. 

Hos. 11: 7 My people are bent to backsliding from me: 
though they called them to the Most High, none at all would 
exalt him. 

Mat. 16: 6 Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of 
the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

[See 19, 695.] 

24. Backsliders prone to murmur^ despond^ and distrust providence. 

Gen. 42: ^^ Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye 
bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, 
and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against 
me. 

1 K. 19: 4 Elijah went a day's journey into the wilderness, 
and came and sat down under a juniper-tree : and he requested 
for himself that he might die : and said, It is enough ; now, O 
Lord, take away my life ; for I am, not better than my fathers. 

Job. 3: 1 After this Job opened his mouth, and cursed his 
day. 

Ps. 73: 2 As for me, my feet were almost gone ; my steps 
nad well nigh slipped. 3 For I was envious at the foolish, 
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 13 Verily I have 
cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency. 
14 For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened 
every morning. 

Is. 49: 14 But Zion said. The Lord hath forsaken me, and 
my Lord hath forgotten me. 

Jer. 20: 14 Cursed be the day wherein I was bom. 

Lam. 3: 2 He hath led me, and brought me into darkness, 
but not into light. 3 Surely against me is he turned ; he turn- 
eth his hand against me all the day. 7 He hath hedged me 
about, that I cannot get out : he hath made my chain heavy. 
8 Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer. 

Jonah 4: 1 It displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was 
very angry. 2 And he prayed unto the Lord, and said, I 
pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying, when I was yet 

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25 — 27 BACKSLIDING. 



Backsliders insensible — in darkness — threatened. 



in my country ? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish : for I 
knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, 
and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 3 
Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from 
me ; for it is better for me to die than to live. 4 Then said 
the Lord, Doest thou well to be angry ? 
[See 9, 171, 272, 700.] 

25. Backsliders insensible of their state. 

Hos, 7: 8 Ephraim is a cake not turned. 9 Strangers have 
devoured his strength, and he knoweth it not : yea, gray hairs 
are here and there upon him, yet he knoweth not. 

Rom. 2: 17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the 
law, and makest thy boast of God, 18 And knowest his will, 
and approvest the things that are more excellent, being in- 
structed out of the law, 19 And art confident that thou thy- 
self art a guide of the blind, a light of them which are in 
darkness. 

Rev. 3: 17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased 
with goods, and have need of nothing ; and knowest not that 
thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and bhnd, and 
naked. [See 704.] 

26. Backsliders walk in darkness. 

Job 23: 8 Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and 
backward, but I cannot perceive him: 9 On the left hand, 
where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth him- 
self on the right hand, that I cannot see him. 

Is. 59: 2 Your iniquities have separated between you and 
your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he 
will not hear. 

Mat. 6: 22 The light of the body is the eye : if therefore 
thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 
But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of dark- 
ness. K therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how 
great is that dai'kness ! [See 707.] 

27. Backsliders threatened and visited with evils. 

Ex. 32: 9 The Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this 
people, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people: 10 Now there- 
fore let me alone, that my wrath may wax hot against them, 
and that I may consume them : and I will make of thee a 
great nation. 

Ezra 8: 22 The hand of our God is upon all them for good 
that seek him ; but his power and his wrath is against all them 
that forsake him. 
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BACKSLIDING. 28, 29 



Backsliders called to repentance — hard to reclaim. 



Pr. 14: 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his 
own ways : and a good man shall he satisfied from himself. 

Jer. 2: 19 Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and 
thy backslidings shall reprove thee : know therefore and see 
that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the 
Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saitli the Lord 
God of hosts. 

Hos. 6: 4 O Ephraitn, what shall I do unto thee ? O Judah, 
what shall I do unto thee ? for your goodness is as a morning 
cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have 
I hewed them by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words 
of my mouth : and thy judgments are as the liirht that goeth 
forth. 

Zep. 1: 4 I will cut off the name of the Cliemarims with 
the priests : 6 And them that are turned back from the Lord. 

Heb. 10: 38 The just shall live by faith: but if any man 
draw back, my soul ahall have no pleasure in him. [See 19.] 

28. BaclcsUders called to repentance. 

Jer. o: 14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord ; 
for I am married unto you : and I will take you one of a city, 
and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion : 22 Re- 
turn, ye backsUding children, and I will heal your back- 
slidings. 

Hos. 10: 12 Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in 
mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek the 
Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. — 14: 1 O 
Israel, return unto the Lord thy God ; for thou hast fallen by 
thine iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : 
say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously : 
so will we render the calves of our lips. 

Rev. 2: 4 I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast 
left thy first love. 5 Remember therefore from whence thou 
art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will 
come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of 
his place, except thou repent. — 3: 1 I know thy works, that 
thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead. 2 Be watchful, 
and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to 
die : for I have not found thy works perfect before God. 3 
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and 
hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will 
come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I 
will come upon thee. 

29. Bachsllders hard to reclaim — need re-conver^sion. 

Lk. 22: 31 The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath 

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30, 31 BAPTISM. 

Backsliders sometimes repent — Mosaic baptisms. 

desired to have you, that lie may sift you as wheat: 32 But I 
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : and when thou art 
converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

Gal. 4: 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth 
again, until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present 
with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt 
of you. [See 143, 166.] 

30. Backsliders^ when reclaimed^ heartily repent Stnd con/ess their sins. 

Job 40: 3 Job answered the Lokd, and said, 4 Behold, I 
am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon 
my mouth. 5 Once have I spoken ; but I will not answer : yea, 
twice ; but I will proceed no further. 

Ps. 102: 3 My days are consumed like smoke, and my bones 
are burned as an hearth. 4 My heart is smitten, and withered 
like grass ; so that I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of 
the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 6 I 
am like a pelican of the wilderness : I anf like an owl of the 
desert. 7 I watch, and a^n as a sparrow alone upon the 
house-top. [See 124, 356, 603.] 

BAPTISM. 

31. Mosaic wishings^ Sfc. 

Ex. 29: 4 Aaron and his sons thou shall bring unto the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shalt wash them with 
water. 

Lev. 8: 5 Moses said unto the congregation. This is the thing 
which the Lord commanded to be done. 6 And Moses brought 
Aaron and his sons, and washed them with watej*. 

Num. 8: 5 The Lokd spake unto Moses, saying, 6 Take 
the Levites from among the children of Israel, and cleanse 
them. 7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, to cleanse them : 
Sprinkle water of purifying upon them, and let them shave all 
their flesh, and let them wash their clothes, and so make them- 
selves clean. 

Mk. 7: 2 When they saw some of his disciples eat bread with 
dehled (that is to say, with unwashen) hands, they found fault. 
3 For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their 
hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And 
when they come from the market, except they wash [Gr. Bap- 
tisontai,'] they eat not. And many other things there be, which 
they have received to hold, as the washing [Gr. baptismous'] 
of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and tables. 

Lk. 11: 38 When the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he 
had not first washed [Gr. ebaptisthe'] before dinner. 
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BAPTISM. 32 

Figurative baptism. 



Heb. 9: 10 Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers 
washings [Gr. baptismois,'] and carnal ordinances, imposed on 
them until the time of reformation. 

32. Figurative cleansing^ baptisms and circumcision, 

Ps. 51: 2 Wash me thoroughly from mine, iniquity, and 
cleanse me from my sin. 7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall 
be clean : wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. 

Is. 4: 4 AYhen the Lord shall have washed away the filth 
of the daughters of Zion. 

Mat. 3: 11 He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and 
with fire. — 20: 22 Jesus answered and said, Ye know not 
what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall 
drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am bap- 
tized with ? 

Lk. 12: 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how 
am I straitened till it be accomplished ! 

Jn. 3: 5 Jesus answered. Verily, verily, I say unto thee. Ex- 
cept a man be born of water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter 
into the kingdom of God. 

Ac. 1: 5 John truly baptized with water ; but ye shall be 
baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence: 

Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither 
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh : 29 But he 
is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the 
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not 
of men, but of God. — 6: 3 Know ye not that so many of us as 
were baptized into Jesus Christ, were baptized into his death ? 

4 Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death : 
that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory 
of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. 

5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his 
death, we shall be also ^?^ the likeness of his resurrection. 

1 Cor. 10: 1 Moreover, brethren, I would not that ye should 
be ignorant how that all our fathers were under the cloud, and 
all passed through the sea ; 2 And were all baptized unto 
Moses in the cloud and in the sea. — 12: 13 By one Spirit are 
we all baptized into one body, whether we he Jews or Gentiles, 
whether we be bond or free, and have been all made to drink 
into one spirit. 

Gal. 3: 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into 
Christ, have put on Christ. 

Col. 2: 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with the circum- 
cision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins 
of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ: 12 Buried with 

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33, 34 BAPTISM. 

John's baptism — design of — nature of. 

him in baptism, wherein also je are risen with Mm through 
the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the 
dead. 13 And you, being dead in your sins and the uncircum- 
cision of your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, 
having forgiven you all trespasses. 

Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of re- 
generation, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 

33. JohrCs baptism^ a token of repentance^ inward purity^ and preparation 
for Chrisfs advent. 

Mai. 3: 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall 
prepare the way before me. 

Mk. 1: 4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the 
baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins. 

Lk. 1:17 He shall go before him in the spirit and power of 
Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the 
disobedient to the wisdom of the just ; to make ready a people 
prepared for the Lord. — 3: 3 He came into all the country 
about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the 
remission of sins ; 4 As it is written in the book of the words 
of Esaias the prophet, saying. The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness. Prepare ye the way of tlie Lord, make his paths 
straight. [Is. 40: 3.] 

Jn. 1: 30 This is he of whom I said. After me cometh a 
man which is preferred before me ; for he was before me. 31 
And I knew him not : but that he should be made manifest to 
Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 

34. Was John^s baptism in the name of the Holy Ghost ? 

Ac. 18: 24 A certain Jew, named Apollos, born at Alexan- 
dria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to 
Ephesus. 25 This man was instructed in the way of the 
Lord : and being fervent in the spirit, he spake and taught 
diligently the things of the Lord, knowing only the baptism 
of John. — 19: 1 And it came to pass, that while Apollos was 
at Corinth, Paul having passed through the upper coasts, came 
to Ephesus ; and finding certain disciples, 2 He said unto 
them. Have ye received the Holy Ghost since ye believed ? 
And they said unto him. We have not so much as heard 
whether there be any Holy Ghost. 3 And he said unto them. 
Unto what then were ye baptized ? And they said, Unto 
John's baptism. ^ 4 Then said Paul, John verily baptized with 
the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they 
should believe on him which should come after liim, that is, on 
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BAPTISM. 35 — 37 



Baptism of Christ — Christian baptism — proper administrators. 

Christ Jesus. 5 When thej heard this, they were baptized in 
the name of the Lord Jesus. 

35. Did Christ solicit baptism, to he introduced into the Aaronic priesthood, 
or to sanction tJie divine ordinance of Johi's baptism, and " be made manifest 
to Israel ? " 

Mat. 3: 13 Then com eth Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto 
John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbade him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me ? 
15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to he so now : 
for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he 
suffered him. 

Heb. 7: 11 If therefore perfection were by the Levitical 
priesthood, (for under it the people received the law,) what 
further need was there that another priest should rise after the 
order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of 
Aaron ? * 12 For the priesthood being changed, there is made 
of necessity a change also of the law. 13 For he of whom 
these things are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of which 
no man gave attendance at the altar. 14 For it is evident 
that our Lord sprang out of Juda ; of which tribe Moses spake 
nothing concerning priesthood. 

36. Christian baptism instituted, and enjoined upon believers. 

Mat. 28: 18 Jesus came, and spake unto them, saying, All 
power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye 
therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost; 20 
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have com- 
manded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end 
of the world. 

Mk. 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved ; 
but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

Ac. 2: 38 Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission 
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. — 10: 
48 And he [Peter] commanded them to be baptized in the 
name of the Lord. — 22: 16 Why tarriest thou ? arise, and be 
baptized, and wash away thy sins, calling on the name of the 
Lord. 

37. The proper administrators of Chiistian baptism. 

Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Jn. 3: 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples 

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38 BAPTISM. 

Proper subjects of. 



into the land of Judea ; and there he tarried with them, and 
baptized. 

Ac. 8: 12 When they believed Philip, preaching the things 
concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, 
they were baptized both men and women. 

38. The proper subjects of baptism. 

Ac. 2: 38 Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized 
every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the remission 
of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39 
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all 
that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call. 
40 And with many other words did he testify and exhort, say- 
ing, Save yourselves from this untoward generation. 41 Then 
they that gladly received his word, were baptized : and the 
same day there were added unto them about three thousand 
souls. — 8: 36 And as they went on their way, they came unto 
a certain water : and the eunuch said. See, here is water ; what 
doth hinder me to be baptized? 37 And Philip said. If thou 
believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered 
and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. — 10: 
46 Then answered Peter, 47 Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, which have received the 
Holy Ghost as well as we ? 48 And he commanded them to 
be baptized in the name of the Lord. — 16: 14 A certain 
woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyati- 
ra, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord 
opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken 
of Paul. 15 And when she was baptized, and her household, 
she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful 
to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there : And she 
constrained us. 29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, 
and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas; 
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do 
to be saved ? 3 1 And they said. Believe on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. 32 And they 
spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were 
in his house. 33 And he took them the same hour of the 
night, and v/ashed their stripes ; and was baptized, he and all 
his, straightway. 34 And when he had brought them into 
his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing 
in God with all his house. — 18: 8 Crispus, the chief ruler 
of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house : 
and many of the Corinthians hearing, believed, and were 
baptized. 
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BAPTISM BIBLE. 39, 40 



Mode of — Bible — inspiration of. 



1 Cor. 1: 16 I baptized also tiie household of Stephanas; 
besides, I know not whether I ba-ptizod any other. 
[See 117—121.] 

39. Mode of baptism. 

1. Passages referred to by those who immerse. 

Mat. 3: 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, 
and all the region round about Jordan, G And were baptized 
of him in Jordan, confessing their sins. 16 Ana Je&us, when 
he was baptized, went up straightway out of the waiei. 

Jn. 3: 23 John also was baptizing in ^non, near to Galim, 
because there was much w^ater there : and they came, and were 
baptized. 

Ac. 8: 38 He commanded the chariot to stand still : and 
they went down both into the water, both Philip and the 
eunuch ; and he baptized nim. 39 And when they were come 
up out of the water, the Spirit ot the L<oru caught away Philip, 
that the eunuch saw him no more. 

Col. 2: 12 Buried with him m baptism, wherein also ye are 
risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who 
hath raised him from the dead. Rom. 6: 4. [See 32.] 

2. Passages referred to by those who ^rinJcle or pour. 

Is. 44: 3 I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and 
floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit upon thy 
seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. — 52: 15 So shall 
he sprinkle many nations. 

Ezk. 36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. [Num. 8: 7.] 

Heb. 10: 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, ui full 
assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil 
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — 12: 
24 To Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the 
blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of 
Abel. 

1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 31, 620.] 

BIBLE. 

40. Bible, the inspired word of God. 

2 S. 23: 1 The sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit 
of the Lord- spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 

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40 BipLE. 



Inspiration of. 



2 K. 17: 13 The Lokd testified against Israel^ and against 
Judah, by all the prophets, and hy all the seers, saying, Turn 
ye from your evil ways, and keep my commandments, and 
my statutes, according to all the law which I commanded 
your fathers, and which I sent to you by my servants the 
prophets. 

2 Ch. 34: 21 Our fathers have not kept the word of the 
Lord, to do after all that is written in this book. — 36: 21 To 
fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah. 

Neh. 9: 30 Many years didst thou forbear them, and testifi- 
edst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets. 

Jer. 1: 9 Then the Lord put forth his hand, and touched 
my mouth. And the Lord said unto me. Behold, I have put 
my words in thy mouth. — 36: 1 And it came to pass in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein ail the words 
that I have spoken rnito thee against Israel, and against Judah, 
and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, 
from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 

Zee. 7: 12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant 
stone, lest they should hear the law, and the words which the 
Lord of hosts hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : 
therefore came a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 

Lk. 1: 70 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, 
which have been since the world began. 

Ac. 1: 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs 
have been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost, by the mouth of 
David spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to 
them that took Jesus. — 3: 18 Those things which God before 
had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ 
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled — 28: 25 And when they 
agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul 
had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias 
the prophet unto our fathers. 

Rom. 3: 2 Unto them were committed the oracles of God. 

[1 Pet. 4: 11.] 

1 Cor. 2: 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the 
world, but the Spirit which is of God ; that we might know 
the things that are freely given to* us of God. 13 Which 
things also we speak, not in the words which man's wisdom 
teacheth, but which the Holy Ghost teacheth ; comparing spi- 
ritual things with spiritual. 

Gal. 1:111 certify • you, brethren, that the gospel which 
was preached of me is not after man : 12 For I neither 
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BIBLE. 41, 42 

Inspired — everlasting truth — will be fulfilled. 

received it of man, neither was I taught it^ but by the revela- 
tion of Jesus Christ. 

1 Th. 2: 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceas- 
ing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye 
heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but (as 
it is in truth) the word of God, which effectually worketh also 
in you that beheve. 

2 Tim. 3:16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
instruction in righteousness : 17 That the man of God may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

Heb. 1: 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners 
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath 
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son. 

2 Pet. 1 18 This voice which came from heaven we heard, 
when we were with him in the holy mount. 19 We have 
also a more sure word of prophecy : whereunto ye do well 
that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, 
until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts : 
20 Knowing tliis first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of 
any private interpretation. 21 For the prophecy came not in 
old time hj the will of man ; but holy men of God spake as 
they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 

41. Bihle^ the everlasting truth of God. 

Ps. 19: 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether. 

— 93: 5 Thy testimonies are very sure. — 119: 142 Thy law 
is the truth. 

Is. 25: 1 Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. — 
40: 8 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : but the word of 
our God shall stand for ever. 

42. Bible will he fulfilled. 

Mat. 5: 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or 
the prophets : I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For 
verily, I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or 
one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fuliilled. 

— 24: 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words 
Bhall not pass away. 

Lk. 16: 17 It is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than 
one tittle of the law to fail. — 24: 44 He said unto to them. 
These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet 
with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written 
in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, 



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47 



43, 44 BIBLE. 

Confirmed by miracles — confirmed by prophecy. 

Jn. 10: 35. The scripture cannot be broken. 

Ac. 1; 16 Men and brethren, this scripture must needs have 
been fulfilled, which the Holy Ghost by the mouth of David 
spake before concerning Judas, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. — 3: 18. But those things which God before had 
shewed bj the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should 
suffer, he hath so fulfilled. [See 284.] 

43. Miracles wrought to confirm the word of God, 

Exod. 4: 4. The Lord said unto Moses, Put forth thine 
hand, and take it by the tail. And he put forth his hand, and 
caught it, and it became a rod in his hand : 5 That they 
may believe that the Lord God of their fathers, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath ap- 
peared unto thee. — 14: 31 Israel saw that great work which 
the Lord did upon the Egyptians : and the people feared the 
Lord, and believed the Lord^ and his servant Moses. — 19: 
9 The Lord said unto Moses, Lo, I come unto thee in a thick 
cloud, that the people may hear when I speak with thee, and 
believe thee for ever. 

1 K. 18: 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed 
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, 
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 And when 
all the people saw ^7, they fell on their faces : and they said, 
The Lord, he is the God ; the Lord he is the God. 

Mk. 16: 20 They went forth, and preached every where, 
the Lord working with them^ and confirming the word with 
signs following. 

Jn. 3: 1 There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicode- 
mus, a ruler of the Jews : 2 The same came to Jesus by 
night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a 
teacher come from God ; for no man can do these miracles 
that thou doest, except God be with him. 

Ac. 8: 6. The people with one accord gave heed unto those 
things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles 
which he did. — 1 4: 3 Long time therefore abode they speak- 
ing boldly in the Lord, which gave testimony unto the word 
of his grace, and granted signs and wonders to be done by 
their hands. 

Heb. 2: 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs 
and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost. [See 77.] 

44. Bible confirmed by prophecy. 

Gen. 49: 10 The sceptre shall not depai^t from Judah, nor a 

48 



BIBLE. 45 

Confirmed by prophecy — its internal evidences. 

lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come : and unto 
him shall the gathering of the people he. 

See also David's prophecy of the resurrection of Christ, 
(Ps. 16: 10;) — and Isaiah's prediction of Christ, (Is. 7: 14, 
and 35: 3 — 6 ; and 53d chap, entire ;) — and his prophecy 
against Babylon, (Is. 13: 17—22, and 14: 22, 23 ; and 47th 
chap, entire ;) and his prophecy of Cyrus, (Is. 45: 1 — 3 ;) 
and Jeremiah's prophecy against Babylon, (Jer. 50: 23 — 40, 
and 51: 30 — 44 ;) and Ezekiel's prophecy respecting the 
overthrow of TyrCj (Ezk. 26: 7 — 11 ;) and Nebuchadnezzar's 
invasion of Egypt, (Ezk. 29: 18 — 20 ;) and Daniel's inter- 
pretation of Nebuchadnezzar's dream, (Dan. 2: 31 — 35;) — 
and his prophecy respecting the rise and power of antichrist, 
(Dan. 7: 24, 25, and chapters 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, entire ;) 
- — and Nahum's prophecy respecting the overthrow of Nine- 
veh, in the 2d and 3d chapters of Nahum ; and Zephaniah's 
prophecy against Nineveh, (Zep. 2: 13 — 15;) — and Zecha- 
riah's prediction respecting the 30 pieces of silver paid Judas, 
(Zee. 11: 12, 13;) — and Christ's prophecy respecting the 
Temple, (Mat. 24: 1, 2, 15, 16, 21 ;) and respecting Jerusa- 
lem, (Lk. 19: 43, 44 ;) and Paul's prophecy respecting the man 
of sin, (2 Th. 2: 3, 4.) 

45. Bible confirmed by its internal evidences. 
1. By revelations above reason and human capacity. 

Gen. 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the 
earth. 

Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand his errors? — 49: 11 Their 
inward thought is, that their houses shall continue for ever, and 
their dwelling-places to all generations ; they call their lands 
after their own names. 

Pr. 16: 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 

Is. 40: 17 All nations before him are as nothing; and they 
are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 

Jer. 17: 9 The heart is deceitful above all things^ and des- 
perately mcked : who can know it ? 

1 Cor. 15: 35 Some man will say. How are the dead raised 
up ? and with what body do they come ? 44 It is sown a nat- 
ural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural 
body, and there is a spiritual body. 

2 Tim. 1: 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing 
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and 
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 

2 Pet. 3: 10 The day of the Lord will come as a thief in 

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46 BIBLE. 



The true standard. 



the night ; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a 
great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the 
earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. 

1 Jn. 4: 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God 
is love. — 5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are 
one. 

Rev. 20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on 
it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and 
there was found no place for them. — 22: 16 I am the root and 
the offspring of David, and the bright and morning-star. 

2. By the purity of its requirements. 

Ps. 119: 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the 
simple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening 
the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever: 
the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether* 

Pr. 30: 5 Every word of God is pure : he is a shield unto 
them that put their trust in him. [See 47, 285.] 

46. Bible, the true standard of faith and practice — danger of false stand' 
ards. 

Is. 8: 20 To the law and to the testimony : if they speak 
not according to this word, it is because there is no light in 
them. 

Mat. 15: 3 He answered and said unto them, Why do ye 
also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? 

4 For God commanded, saying. Honor thy father and mother : 
and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 

5 But ye say. Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, 
It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me ; 

6 And honor not his father or his mother, he shall be free. 
Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect 
by your tradition. 

Mk. 7: 7 In vain do they worship me, teaching for doctrines 
the commandments of men. 8 For, laying aside the com- 
mandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the wash- 
ing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye do. 
9 He said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment 
of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. 

Jn. 12: 48 He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, 
hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the 
same shall judge him in the last day. 
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BIBLE. 47, 48 

■ ■II' ■' ■ ■ ■ !■ ■ ■ « 

True means of grace — to be taught and studied. 

Rom. 2: 1 6 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

2 Cor. 10: 12 We dare not make ourselves of the number, 
or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves : 
but they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing 
themselves among themselves, are not wise. 

Col. 2: 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy 
and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments 
of the world, and not after Christ. 

47. Bible, the true means of grace. 

Ps. 19: 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the 
simple. — 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts : for with 
them thou hast quickened me. 

Jn. 15: 3 Ye are clean through the word which I have 
spoken unto you — 17: 17 Sanctify them through thy truth : 
thy word is truth. 19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, 
that they also might be sanctified through the truth. 

Rom. 1: 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for 
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believ- 
eth ; to the Jcav first, and also to the Greek. — 10: 17 Faith 
Cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 

Ep. 6: 17 Take the helm^et of salvation, and the sword of 
the Spirit, which is the word of God. 

2 Tim. 3: 15 From a child thou hast known the holy scrip- 
tures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through 
faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

Jam. 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 
21 Wherefore lay apart all filthiness, and superfluity of naughti- 
ness, and receive with meekness the ingrafted word, which is 
able to save your souls. 

1 Pet. 1: 23 Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but 
of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth 
for ever. [See 428—432.] 

48. Studying and teaching the Bible required and encouraged. 

Dt. 11: 18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in 
your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon 
your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 

19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them 
when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by 
the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 

20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine 

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49 BIBLE. 

A written revelation. 



house, and upon thy gates : 21 That your days may be multi- 
plied, and the days of your children, in the land which the 
Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of 
heaven upon the earth. 

Jos. 1: 8 This book of the law shall not depart out of thy 
mouth ; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that 
thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written there- 
in : for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then 
thou shalt have good success. 

Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 

Pr. 4; 13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go • 
keep her : for she is thy life. 20 My son, attend to my words ; 
incline thine ear unto my sayings. 21 Let them not depart 
from thine eyes ; keep them in the midst of thine heart, 
22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to 
aQ their flesh. 

Mat. 22: 29 Jesus answered and said unto them. Ye do err, 
not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 

Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures ; for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life : And they are they which testify of me. 

Ac. 17: 11 These were more noble than those in Thessa- 
lonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of 
mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things 
were so. 

Rom. 15: 4 Whatsoever things were written aforetime, were 
written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort 
of the scriptures might have hope. 

1 Th. 5: 27 I charge you by the Lord that this epistle be 
read unto all the holy brethren. 

Heb. 2: 1 We ought to give the more earnest heed to the 
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let 
them slip. 

1 Pet. 2: 2 As new-bom babes, desire the sincere milk of 
the word, that ye may grow thereby. 

Rev. 1: 3 Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the 
words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are writ- 
ten therein : for the time is at hand. [Ps. 19, and 119, entire.] 

[See 279, 458, 493.] 

49. Bible a written revelation^ and intelligible. 

Dt. 9: 1 The Lord delivered unto me two tables of stone 
written with the finger of God ; and on them was written ac- 
52 



BIBLE. 50, 51 



Sin of Asresting — profitable. 



cording to all the words which the Lord spake with jou in the 
mount, out of the midst of the fire. 

Ps. 102: 18 This shall be written for the generation to 
come : and the people which shall be created shall praise the 
Lord. 

Ps. 119: 105 Thy word is sl lamp unto my feet, and a light 
unto my path. 130 The entrance of thy words giveth light; 
it giveth understanding unto the simple. 

2 Pet. 1: 18 This voice which came from heaven we heard, 
when we were with him in the holy mount. 1 9 We have also 
a more sure word of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well that ye 
take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the 
day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 

50. Sin and danger of altering or wresting the Bible. 

Dt. 4: 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command 
you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep 
the commandments of the Lord your God which I command 
you. 

Pr. 30: 6 Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, 
and thou be found a liar. 

2 Pet. 3: 15 And account that the long-suffering of our 
Lord is salvation ; even as our beloved brother Paul also, ac- 
cording to the wisdom given unto him, hath written unto you ; 
1 6 As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things ; 
in which are some things hard to be understood, which they 
that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other 
scriptures,, unto their own destruction. 

Rev. 22: 18 I testify unto every man that heareth the words 
of the prophecy of this book. If any man shall add unto these 
things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in 
this book : 19 And if any man shall take away from the words 
of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part 
out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the 
things which are written in this book. [See 284] 

5 1 . The whole Bible profitable and important. 

Dt. 29: 29 The secret things belong unto the Lord our God: 
but those things which are revealed belong unto us, and to our 
children for ever, that ice may do all the words of this law. 

2 Tim. 3: 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, 
and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for 
instruction in righteousness: 17 That the man of God may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works. 

[See 47, and 279 and 433.] 

5* 53 



52, 53 CHEERFULNESS CHILDREN. 

Duty and advantages of — Duties of to parents. 

CHEERFULKESS. 

52. Duty and advantages of cheerfulness. 

Neh. 8: 10 Neither be ye sorry ; for tlie joy of the Lord is 
your strength. 

Pr. 14: 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh : but envy 
the rottenness of the bones. [Ps. 119: 80.] — 15: 13 A merry 
heart maketh a cheerful countenance : but by sorrow of the 
heart the spirit is broken. 15 He that is of a merry heart 
hath a continual feast. — 17: 22 A merry heart doeth good like 
a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 

Jn. 16: 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, 
but be of good cheer : I have overcome the world. 

1 Th. 5: 16 Rejoice evermore. [See 296, 634] 

CHILDREN. 

53. Duties of children to parents, 

Ex. 20: 12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy 
days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giv- 
eth thee. 

Lev. 19: 3 Ye shall fear every man his mother and his 
father. 

Pr. 1: 8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and for- 
sake not the law of thy mother : 9 For they shall be an orna- 
ment of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. — 6 : 
20 My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not 
the law of thy mother: 21 Bind them continually upon thine 
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 22 When thou goest, it 
shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and 
when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. — 13: 1 A wise son 
hearethhis father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 
— 23: 22 Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise 
not thy mother when she is old. 

Mat. 15: 4 God commanded, saying. Honor thy father and 
mother : and. He that curseth father or mother, let him die 
the death. 5 But ye say. Whosoever shall say to his father 
or Ms mother. It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be pro- 
fited by me ; 6 And honor not his father or his mother, he 
shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God 
of none effect by your tradition. 

Lk. 2: 51 He [Christ] went down with them, [his parents] 
and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them. 
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CHILDREN. 54, 55 



DLsobedient children punished — Early piety. 



Ep. 6: 1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord : for this 
is right. 2 Honor thy father and mother, (which is the first 
commandment with promise,) 3 That it may be well with 
thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth. 

Col. 3: 20 Children, obey your parents in all things : for this 
is well-pleasing unto the Lord. [See 10.] 

54. Penalties for disobeying and abusing parents. 

Ex. 21: 15 He that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall 
be surely put to death. 17 And he that curseth his father or 
his mother, shall surely be put to death. 

Dt. 21: 18 K a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, 
which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his 
mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not 
hearken unto them : 21 And all the men of his city shall 
stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt thou put evil away 
from among you, and all Israel shall hear, and fear — 27: 16 
Cursed he he that setteth light by his father or his mother : 
and all the people shall say. Amen. 

Pr. 20: 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp 
shall be put out in obscure darkness. — SO: 17 The eye that 
mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the 
ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles 
shall eat it. [See 494] 

55. Early piety exemplijied and encouraged. 

1 S. 3: 8 The Lord called Samuel again the third time. 
And he arose and went to Eli, and said. Here am I ; for thou 
didst call me. And Eli perceived that the Lord had called 
the child. 

2 Ch. 34: 1 Josiah was eight years old when he began to 
reign. 3 In the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet 
young, he began to seek after the God of David his father. 

Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. — 22: 6 Train up a child in the way he 
should go : and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

Ec. 12: 1 Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy 
youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, 
when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them. 

Is. 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall 
he make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from 
the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 

2 Tim. 3: 15 And that from a child thou hast known the 
holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salva- 
tion through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 

55 



b6, S7 CHEIST JESUS. 



n 



Christ's moral character — obej^ed his "Sather. 



CHRIST JESUS. 

56. His holiness, righteousness ^frankness, and disinterestedness. 

Is. 11: 5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, 
and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. 

Jn. 8: 50 I seek not mine own glory. 

Jn. 18: 19 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disci- 
ples, and of his doctrine. 20 Jesus answered him, I spake 
openly to the world ; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in 
the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; and in secret have 
I said nothing. 21 Why askest thou me? ask them which 
heard m*e, what I have said unto them : behold, they know 
what I said. 

Ac. 3: 14 Ye denied the Holy One, and the Just. 

2 Cor. 5: 21 He hath made him to be sin for us, who knew 
no sin. 

Heb. 4: 15 We have not an high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all points 
tempted like as we are^ yet without sin. — 7: 26 Such an high 
priest became us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate 
from sinners, and made higher than the heavens, 27 Who 
needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, 
first for his own sins, and then for the people's : for this he did 
once, when he offered up himself. 

1 Pet. 2: 21 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an ex- 
ample, that ye should follow his steps: 22 Who did no sin, 
neither was guile found in his mouth : 23 Who, when he was 
reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened 
not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, 

[See 229, 630.] 

57. Christ obeyed, pleased and honored God, 

Ps. 40: 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the 
book it is written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, my 
God : yea, thy law is within my heart. 

Mat. 3: 17 Lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my be- 
loved Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

Jn. 4: 34 Jesus saith unto them. My meatus to do the will 
of him that sent me, and to finish his work. — 5: 30 I seek not 
mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. 
— 6: 38 I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but 
the will of him that sent me. — 8: 29 He that sent me is with 
me : the Father hath not left me alone ; for I do always those 
things that please him. 49 Jesus answered, I have not a 
^6 



CHRIST JESUS. 58 — 60 



His poverty, etc. — Deadness to the AVorld — Love and Compassion. 

devil; but I honor my Father, and ye do dishonor me. — 17: 4 
I have glorified thee on the earth : I have finished the work 
which thou gavest me to do. 

58. CJirisCs poverty and self-denial. 

Mat. 8: 20 Jesus saith unto him, The foxes have holes, and 
the birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not 
where to lay his head. 

Rom. 15: 2 Let every one of us please his neighbor for his 
good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased not himself; 
but, as it is written, The reproaches of them that reproached 
thee fell on me. 

2 Cor. 8: 9 Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty might be rich. 

Ileb. 12: 2 Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of 
our faith ; who, for the joy [Gr. Aiiti — instead o/the joy] that 
was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. 

59. How did Christ regard the world and its honors ? 

Jn. 5: 41 I receive not honor from men. — 16: 33 I have 
overcome the world. — 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is 
not of this world. [See 626, 743.] 

60. Christ's love and compassion towards mankind. 

Mat. 9: 35 Jesus went about all the cities and villages, 
teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
kingdom, and healing every sickness, and every disease among 
the people. 36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved 
with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scat- 
tered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. — 14: 14 Jesus 
went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with 
compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. — 15: 32 
Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion 
on the multitude, because they continue with me now three 
days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away 
fasting, lest they faint in the way. — 23: 37 O Jerusalem, Je- 
rusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which 
are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy chil- 
dren together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, and ye would not ! 

Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you. That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. — 15: 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved 
you : continue ye in my love. 

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61 CHRIST JESUS. 



A Pattern of Condescension. 



Ac. 10: 38 God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy 
Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and 
healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with 
him. 

Rom. 5: 6 When we were yet without strength, in due time 
Christ died for the ungodly. 7 For scarcely for a righteous 
man will one die : yet peradventure for a good man some would 
even dare to die. 8 But God commendeth his love toward us, 
in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — 8: 37 
In all these things we are more than conquerors, through him 
that loved us. 

Ep. 5:2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God fur 
a sweet-smelling savor. 

[See 224-5, 228, and Invitations and Redemption.] 

61. Christ a pattern of condescension. 

Mat. 9: 1 1 When the Pharisees saw if, they said unto his 
disciples, Why eateth your Master with pubhcans and sinners? 
12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them. They that 
be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. — 19: 
14 Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to 
come unto me : for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 1 5 And 
he laid Az5 hands on them, and departed thence. — 20: 27 Who- 
soever will be chief among you, let him be your servant : 
28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 

Lk. 22: 27 Whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat or he 
that serveth ? is not he that sitteth at meat ? but I am among 
you as he that serveth. 

Jn. 13: 13 Ye call me Master, and Lord : and ye say well ; 
for 50 I am. 14 If I then your Lord and Master have washed 
your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

Ph. 2: 6 Who, being in the form of God, though 1 it not rob- 
bery to be equal with God : 7 But made himself of no repu- 
tation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made 
in the likeness of men : 8 And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, 
even the death of the cross. 

lleb. 2: 11 Both he that sanctifieth, and they who are sanc- 
tified, ai^e all of one : for which cause he is not ashamed to call 
them brethren, 12 Saying, I will declare thy name unto my 
brethren, in the midst of the church will I sing praise unto 
thee. 16 For verily lie took not on him the nature of angels; 
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. [See 228.] 
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CHRIST JESUS. 62—64 



His Meekness, Modesty^ etc. — diligent in his work — Prayerful. 

62. Chrisfs meekness^ forbearance^ forgiveness^ loivUness, modesty, and 
patience. 

Is. 42: 2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to 
be heard in the street. [Mat. 12: 17—20.] — 50: 6 I gave 
my back to the smiters, anol^ my cheeks to them that plucked 
off the hair : I hid not my face from shame and spitting. — 
53: 7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened 
not his mouth : he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and 
as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he opened not his 
mouth. 

Mat. 11: 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me : for 
I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. — 21: 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy 
King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a 
colt the foal of an ass. 

]\Ik. 15: 4 Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou 
nothing ? behold how many things they witness against thee. 
5 But Jesus yet answered nothing : so that Pilate marvelled. 

Lk. 23: 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them: for they 
know not what they do. 

2 Cor. 10: 1 I Paul myself beseech you, by the meekness 
and gentleness of Christ. 

1 Pet. 2: 21 Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an exam^ 
pie, that ye should follow his steps : 23 Who, when he was 
reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threatened 
not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously. 

[See 482, 498, 660.] 

63. CJirist diligent in his work, 

Lk. 2: 49 Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's 
business ? 

Jn. 5: 17 Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, 
and I work. — 9:4 1 must work the works of him that sent 
me, while it is day : the night cometh, when no man can work. 

[See 1.] 

64. Chrisfs prayerfulness, and prevalence in prayer. 

Ps. 21: 2 Thou hast given him his heart's desire, and hast 
not withholden the request of his lips. 

Mat. 14: 23 When he had sent the multitudes away, he 
went up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the evening 
was come, he was there alone. — 26: 36 Sit ye here, while I 
go and pray yonder. 39 And he went a little further, and 
fell on his face, and prayed, saying, my Father, if it be 
possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless, not as I 



65 CHRIST JESUS. 



A Preacher. 



will, but as tliou wilt, 42 He went away again the second 
time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not 
pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 44 
And went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the 
same words. ^ 

Mk. 6: 46 When he had sent them away, he departed into a 
mountain to pray. 

Lk. 5: 16 He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. — 6: 12 He went out into a mountain to pray, and 
continued all night in prayer to God. — 9: 18 As he was 
alone praying, his disciples were with him. 28 He took 
Peter, and John, and James, and went up into a mountain to 
pray. — 11: 1 It came to pass, that as he was praying in 
a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said 
unto him. Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his 
disciples. 

Jn. 11: 41 Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said. Father, I 
thank thee that thou hast heard me : 42 I knew that thou 
hearest me always. — 14: 15 If ye love me, keep my com- 
mandments : 1 6 And I will pray the Father, and he shall 
give you another Comforter^ that he may abide with you for 
ever. [See 516.] 

65. Christ a preacher. 

Ps. 40: 9 I have preached righteousness in the great con- 
gregation : lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou 
knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my 
heart ; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation : I 
have not concealed thy loving kindness and thy truth from the 
great congregation. 

Is. 61: 1 The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because 
the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the 
meek , he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to pro- 
claim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to 
'them that are bound ; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of 
the Lord, and the day of vengeance of our God. [Lk. 4: 18.] 

Mat. 4: 23 Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom. — 7: 
28 It came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the 
people were astonished at his doctrine. 29 For he taught 
them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. — 13: 
54 When he was come into his own country, he taught them 
in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and 
said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty 
works ? 

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CHRIST JESUS. 66, 67 



A Reprover — his popular favor 



Jn. 7: 14 About the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into 
the temple and taught. 15 And the Jews marvelled, saying, 
How knoweth this man letters, having never learned? 46 
The officers answered. Never man spake hke this man. 

66. Christ a searchiny reprover. 

Is. 11: 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the 
fear of the Lord : and he shall not judge after the sight of 
his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears : 4 But 
with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with 
equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth 
with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall 
he slay the wicked. 

Mai. 3: 2 Who may abide the day of his coming ? and who 
shall stand when he appeareth ? for he is like a refiner's fire, 
and like fullers' soap. 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and 
purifier of silver : and he shaU purify the sons of Levi, and 
purge them as gold and silver, that they may ofier unto the 
Lord an offering in righteousness. 

Lk. 11: 52 Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away 
the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and 
them that w^ere entering in ye hindered. — 12: 49 I am come 
to send fire on the earth, and what will I, if it be already 
kindled? 

Jn. 18: 37 To this end was I born, and for this cause came 
I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. 
[See Mat., chapters 5th and 23d, throughout.] [See 610 — 11.] 

6 7 . Christ secured some popular favor. 

Mat. 21: 8 A very great multitude spread their garments in 
the way ; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed 
them in the way. 9 And the multitudes that went before, and 
that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: 
Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna 
in the highest. [Mk. 11: 8—10.] 

Mk. 12: 12 They sought to lay hold on him, but feared the 
people. 

Lk. 4: 14 Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into 
Galilee : and there went out a fame of him through all the 
region round about. 15 And he taught in their s}Tiagogues, 
being glorified of all. — 5: 15 So much the more went there a 
fame abroad of him : and great multitudes came together to 
hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 

Jn. 6: 15 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would 
come and take liim by force, to make him a king, he departed 

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68 CHRIST JESUS. 



Ills crucifixion. 



again into a mountain himself alone. — 11: 47 Then gathered 
the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What 
do we ? for this man doeth many miracles. 48 If we let him 
thus alone, all men will believe on him. — 12: 19 The Phari- 
sees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye 
prevail nothing ? behold, the world is gone after him. 

68. Christ reviled and persecuted unto death. 

Ps. 2: 1 Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine 
a vain thing ? 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and 
the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against 
his Anointed, saying^ 3 Let us break their bands asunder, 
and cast away their cords from us. 

Is. 53: 2 He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, 
and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor come- 
liness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we 
should desire him. 3 He is despised and rejected of men ; a 
man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it 
were our faces from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed 
him not. 4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our 
sorrows : yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and 
afflicted. 

Mat. 10: 24 The disciple is not above Ms master, nor the 
servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that 
he be as liis master, and the servant as his lord : if they have 
called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more 
shall they call them of his household? — 13: 55 Is not this the 
carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary ? and his 
brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? b^ And 
his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this 
man all these things ? 57 And they were offended in liim. 
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, 
save in his own country and in his own house. — 2G: ^dQ> What 
think ye ? They answered and said, He is guilty of death. 
67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffetted him ; and 
others smote him with the palms of their hands, ^>i Saying, 
Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee ? 
— 27: 29 When they had platted a crown of tliorns, they put 
it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they 
bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying. Hail, 
Ejng of the Jews ! 30 And they spit upon him, and took the 
reed, and smote him on the head. 31 And after that tliey 
had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his 
own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him, 34 
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Christ's humanity. 69 



Ilis humanitv. 



They gave him vinegar to drink, mingled with gall : and when 
he had tasted thereof^ he would not drink. 

Mk. 15: 27 With him they crucify two thieves, the one on 
his right hand, and the other on his left. 28 And the scrip- 
ture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with 
the transgressors. 29 And they that passed by, railed on 
him, wagging their heads, and saying. Ah, thou that destroyest 
the temple, and buildest it in three days, 30 Save thyself, 
and come down from the cross. 31 Likewise also the chief 
priests mocking, said among themselves with the scribes. He 
saved others ; himself he cannot save. 32 Let Christ, the 
King of Israel, descend now from the cross, that we may see, 
and believe. And they that w^ere crucified with him, reviled 
him. 

Lk. 4: 28 All they in the synagogue, when they heard these 
things, were filled with wrath, 29 Ajid rose up, and thrust 
him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill 
(whereon their city was built,) that they might cast liim down 
headlong. — 16: 14 The Pharisees also, who were covetous, 
heard all these things, and they derided him. 

Jn. 10: 20 And many of them said. He hath a devil, and is 
mad; why hear ye him? 31 Then the Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. — 19: 5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing 
the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And Pilate saith 
unto them, Behold the man ! 6 When the chief priests there- 
fore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify him^ 
crucify him. [See 467, 511, 690.J 

CHRIST'S HTOIAOTTY. 

69. ChrisCs human soul and body. 

Mat. 1: 1 Jesus Christ, the Son of David, the son of Abra- 
ham. — 8: 20 The Son of Man hath not where to lay his 
head.* 

Lk. 2: 52 Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in 
favor with God and man. 

Jn. 1: 14 The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of 
the Father,) full of grace and truth. 

1 Tim. 2: 5 There is one God, and one mediator between 
God and men, the man Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 2: 14 Forasmuch then as the children are partakers 
of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the 

* Christ calls himself the Son of Man more than sixty times. 

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70 Christ's humanity. 

His dependence. 

same ; that through death he might destroy him that had the 
power of death, that is, the devil ; 15 And deliver them, who, 
through fear of death, were all their life-time subject to bond- 
age. 1 6 For verily he took not on him the nature of angels ; 
but he took on him the seed of Abraham. 17 Wherefore in 
all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren ; 
that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things 
pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the 
people. 18 For in that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, 
he is able to succor them that are tempted. — 4: 15 We have 
not a high priest wliich cannot be touched with the feeling of 
our infirmities : but was in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet without sin. 

1 Jn. 4: 3 Every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ 
is come in the flesh, is not of God. 

70. C/irisfs dependence for preservation, knowledge, etc. 

Is. 42: 6 I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and 
will hold thy hand, and will keep thee. 

Mk. 13: 32 Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, 
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the 
Father. [Mat. 24: 36.] 

Jn. 5: 19 Then answered Jesus, and said unto them. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but 
what he seeth the Father do : for what things soever he doeth, 
these also doeth the Son likewise. 30 I can of mine own self 
do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; 
because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father 
which hath sent me. — 6: 57 As the living Father hath sent 
me, and I live by the Father : so he that eateth me, even ho 
shall live by me. — 8: 28 Then said Jesus unto them. When 
ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I 
am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath 
taught me, I speak these things. 29 And he that sent me is 
with me : the Father hath not left me alone ; for I do always 
those things that please him. — 14: 10 Belie vest thou not that 
I am in the Father, and the Father in me ? the words that 
I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father, that 
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. — 20: 17 I ascend unto my 
Father and your Father, and to my God and your God. 

2 Cor. 13: 4 For though he was crucified through weak- 
ness, yet he liveth by the power of God. 

[See his Pray erf ulness, 64.] 

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Christ's humanity. 71 

His Sonship — his official subjection. 

71. Christ called the Son of God in reference to his incarnation. 

Ps. 2: 7 I will declare the decree : the Lord hath said unto 
me, Thou art my Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

Lk. 1: 35 The angel answered and said unto her, The Holy 
Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall 
overshadow thee : therefore also that holy thing which shall be 
born of thee, shall be called the Son of God. 

Jn. 1: 14 The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, 
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of 
the Father,) full of grace and truth. 18 No man hath seen 
God at any time ; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom 
of the Father, he hath declared him, 

Rom. 1: o Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which 
was made of the seed of David according to the flesh ; 4 And 
declared to he the Son of God with power, according to the 
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. 

Gal. 4: 4 When the fulness of the time was come, God sent 
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law. 

Heb. 1: 5 Unto which of the angels said he at any time, 
Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And again, 
I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? 6 
And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the 
world, he saith. And let all the angels of God worship him. 

72. ChrisCs official subjection to his Father. 

Jn. 6: 38 I came down from heaven, not to do mine own 
will, but the will of him that sent me. — 7: 16 Jesus answered 
them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. — 
8: 29 And he that sent me is with me. — 10: 36 Say ye of him 
whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, 
Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God ? — 
12: 49 I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which 
sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and 
what I should speak. — 14: 28 I go unto the Father: for my 
Father is greater than L — 17: 3 This is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom 
thou hast sent. 8 I have given unto them the words which 
thou gavest me ; and they have received them, and have known 
surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that 
thou didst send me. 

Rom. 1 : 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord, which 
was made of the seed of David according to the flesh ; 4 And 
declared to he the Son of God with power, according to the 
Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead. 

1 Cor. 3: 23 Ye are Christ's: and Christ is God's.— 11: 3 

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73,74 Christ's huivianity — his divinity. 

His preeminence — names, titles, offices, etc. 

• ^ ■ 

The head of Christ is God. — 15; 27 He hath put all things 
under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under 
him, it is manifest that he is excepted which did put all things 
under him. 28 And when all things shall be subdued unto 
him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that 
put all things under him, that God may be all in all. 

73. Preeminence of " the man Christ Jesus. ^^ 

Ps. 89: 27 I will make him mi/ first-born, higher than the 
kings of the earth. 

Jn. 1: 15 John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This 
was he oi whom I spake. He that cometh after me, is preferred 
before me ; for he was before me. — 3: 31 He that cometh from 
heaven is above all. 

Col. 1: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first- 
born of every creature. 18 And he is the head of the body, 
the church : who is the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; 
that in all things he might have the preeminence. 

Heb. 1: 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he 
hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. 
5 For unto which of the angels said he at any time. Thou art 
my Son, this day have I begotten thee ? And again, I will be 
to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? 6 And again, 
when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, 
And let all the angels of God worship him. 

Rev. 1: 5 The Prince of the kings of the earth. — 3: 14 The 
beginning of the creation of God. 

CHRIST'S DIVINITY. 

74. Christ s divine names^ titles^ and offices. 

Advocate, 1 Jn. 2: 1 — Almighty, Rev. 1: 18 — Alpha and 
Omega, Rev. 22: 13 — Bishop of souls, 1 Pet. 2: 25 — Captain 
of salvation, Heb. 2: 10 — Counsellor, Is. 9:6 — Emmanuel, 
Mat. 1: 23 — Eternal life, 1 Jn. 5: 20 — Father everlasting, 
Is. 9: 6 — God, and the true God, Ps. 45: 6, and Heb. 1: 8, and 
1 Jn. 5: 20 — God over all, Rom. 9: 5 — God, only wise, Jude 
25 — Governor, Mat. 2: 6 — Head of all principality and power. 
Col. 2: 10 — Head over all things to the church, Eph. 1: 22 — 
Heir of all things, Heb. 1: 2 — High Priest, Heb. 3: 1— Inter- 
cessor, Is. 59: 16, and Heb. 7: 25 — King, Mat. 21: 5 — King 
of glory, Ps. 24: 7 — King of Israel, Jn. 1: 49 — King of kings. 
Rev. 17: 14, and 19: 13 — Lamb of God, Jn. 1: 29 — Lion of 
Juda, Rev. 5: 5 — Lord of lords. Rev. 17: 14, and 19: 13 — 
Lord of glory, 1 Cor. 2:8 — Lord of hosts, Is. 44: 6 — Lord 



Christ's divinity. 75, 76 



His divine claims, attributes, and prerogatives. 



of all, Ac. 10: 36 — Lord and Master, Jn. 13: 14 — Mediator, 
1 Tim. 2: 5 — Messenger of the covenant, Mai. 3:1 — Mighty 
God, Is. 9: 6 — Most mighty, Ps. 45: 3 — Passover, 1 Cor. 5: 
7 — Prince of life, Ac. 3: 15 — Prince and Saviour, Ac. 5: 31 — 
Prince of peace. Is. 9: 6 — Prince of kings. Rev. 1: 5 — Pro- 
phet, Dt. 18: 15, and Ac. 3: 22 — Redeemer, Is. 44: G — Rock, 
1 Cor. 10: 4 — Root of David, Rev. 5: 5 — Ruler in Israel, 
Mic. 5: 2 — Saviour, Lk. 2: 11, and Jude 25 — Shepherd, Jn. 
10: 11, and 1 Pet. 2: 25 — Son of God, Jn.-l: 49 — Son of 
righteousness, Mai. 4: 2 — True God, 1 Jn. 5: 20 ■ — Witness, 
Rev. 1: 5, and 3: 14— Wonderful, Is. 9: 6— Word, Jn. 1: 1 — 
Word of God, Rev. 19: 13. 

75. ChrisCs claim to equality and unity with God. 

Jn. 5: 17 My Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 18 
Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he 
not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also, that God was 
his Father, making himself equal with God. * — 10: 30 I and 
my Father are one. 33 The Jews answered him, saying, For 
a good work we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy, and be- 
cause that thou, being a man, makest thyself God. 36 Say 
ye of him whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the 
world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of 
God ? 37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. 
38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : 
that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I 
in him. — 14: 9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long 
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? he 
that hath seen me, hath seen the Father ; and how say est thou 
then^ Shew us the Father? — 17: 5 O Father, glorify thou me 
with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before 
the world was. 1 All mine are thine, and thine are mine ; 
and I am glorified in them. 

Ph. 2: 5 Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ 
Jesus: 6 Who, being in the form of God, thought it not 
robbery to be equal with God. 

76. Divine attributes and prerogatives claimed and exercised by Christ and 
ascribed to him. 



1. Authority mpreme. 

Mat. 10: 1 When he had called unto Mm his twelve disciples, 
he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, 
and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease. 

* Christ calls God Ms Father mere than fifty times, as recorded by the Evangelists. 

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76 Christ's divinitt. 



His divine Attributes and PrerogatiTes. 



Mk. 2: 5 When Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick 
of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were 
certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their 
hearts, 7 Why doth this mem thus speak blasphemies ? who 
can forgive sins but God only ? 8 And immediately, when 
Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within them- 
selves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your 
hearts ? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say. Arise, and take up thy 
bed, and walk? 10 But that ye may know that the Son of 
man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick 
of the palsy,) 111 say unto thee. Arise, and take up thy bed 
and go thy way into thy house. 

Col. 1: 18 He is the head of the body, the church : who is 
the beginning, the first-born from the dead ; that in ail things 
he might have the preeminence. 1 9 For it pleased the Father 
that in him should all fulness dwell. — 2: 10 Ye are complete 
in him, which is the head of all principality and power. 

Eev. 1: 18 lam he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, 
I am alive for evermore. Amen ; and have the keys of heU 
and of death. 

2. Authority to seek his own glory suprejnely. 

Col. 1: 16 All things were created by him and for him. 
[See 209, 346.] 

3. Eternity. 

Jn. 1: 1 Li the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the 
beginning with God. — 8: 58 Jesus said unto them. Verily, 
verily, I say unto you. Before Abraham was, I am. 

Eev. 1: 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come, the Almighty. 1 7 And when I saw him, I fell at his 
feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying 
unto me. Fear not ; I am the first and the last. 

4. Lnmvtability . 

Heb. 13: 8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to-day, 
and for ever. 

5. Omnipotence. 

Jn. 1 : 3 All things were made by him ; and without him was 
not anything made that was made. 10 He was in the world, 
and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. 
- — 2: 19 Jesus answered and said unto them, Destroy this tem- 

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Christ's divinity. 76 

His divine Attributes and Prerogatives. 

pie, and in three days I will raise it up. — 5: 21 As the Father 
raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them ; even so the Son 
quickeneth whom he will. 25 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the 
voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear shall live. — 10: 
17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my 
life, that I might take it again. 18 No man taketh it from 
me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, 
and I have power to take it again. — 11: 25 Jesus said unto 
her, I am the resurrection, and the life. 

1 Cor. 1: 24 Unto them which are called, both Jews and 
Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God. — 
8: 6 To us tliere is hut one God, the Father, of whom are all 
things, and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom 
are all things, and we by him. 

Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven ; from whence also 
we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall 
change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his 
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even 
to subdue all things unto himself. 

Col. 1:16 By him were all things created, that are in heaven, 
and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they he 
thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers. 17 And he 
is before all things, and by him all things consist. 

Heb. 1: 3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the 
express image of his person, and upholding all things by the 
word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, 
sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. [See 218.] 

6. Omnipresence. 

Mat. 18: 20 Where two or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the midst of them. — 28: 20 I am with 
you al ways, et'e?2 unto the end of the world. 

Jn. 3: 13 No man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that 
came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in 
heaven. [See 220.] 

7. Omniscience. 

Mat. 9: 4 Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said. Wherefore 
think ye evil in your hearts ? — 11: 27 All things are delivered 
unto me of my Father ; and no man knoweth the Son, but the 
Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, 
and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal hiin, Lk. 10: 22. 

Jn. 2: 24 Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because 
he knew all men, 25 And needed not that any should testify 
of man: for he knew what was in man. — 10: 15 As the 

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His IVIiracles. 



Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father. — 21: 17 He 
said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest 
that I love thee. 

Gal. 1: 11 I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was 
preached of me is not after man : 1 2 For I neither received 
it of man, neither was I taught ^^, but by the revelation of Jesus 
Christ. 

Col. 2: 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 9 For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the 
Godhead bodily. [See 219.] 

77. Christ ivrouylit miracles^ in his own naine, to confirm his divinity and 
mission. 

Mat. 8: 3 I will ; be thou clean. And immediately his lep- 
rosy was cleansed. 

Mk. 4: 39 He arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto 
the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was 
a great calm. 41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one 
to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind 
and the sea obey him ? 

Lk. 4: 35 Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and 
come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him in the 
midst, he came out of him, and hurt him not. 36 And they 
were all amazed, and spake among themselves, saying. What 
a word is this ! for with authority and power he commandeth 
the unclean spirits, and they come out. 

Jn. 2: 23 Many believed in his name, when they saw the 
miracles which he did. — 5: 36 I have greater witness than 
that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me 
to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the 
Father hath sent me. — 7: 31 Many of the people believed on 
him, and said. When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles 
than these which this man hath done? — 10: 37 If I do not 
the works of my Father, believe me not. 38 But if I do, 
though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may 
know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. — 11: 
42 I knew that thou hearest me always : but because of the 
people which stand by, I said ^V, that they may believe that 
thou hast sent me. 43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried 
with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was 
dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes : and 
his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 
Loose him, and let him go. 45 Then many of the Jews which 
came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed 
on him. 47 Then gathered the chief priests and tlie Pharisees 
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Others wrought luiracle;?, not iu their ovm names — His Divine Tlc^ors. 

a council, and said, What do we ? for this man doeth many 
miracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all me7i will believe on 
him. — 20: 30 Many other signs truly did Jesus in the pres- 
ence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. 31 
But these are written that ye might beheve that Jesus is the 
Chi-ist, the Son of God. [See 43.] 

78. The prophets and apostles acceptably wrought miracles^ not in their own 
names. 

Num. 20: 10 Hear now ye rebels ; must we fetch you water 
out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with 
his rod he smote the rock twice : and the water came out 
abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also. 
12 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye 
believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of 
Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the 
land which I have given them. 

Ac. 3: 6 Peter said, Silver and gold have I none ; but such 
as I have give I thee : in the name of Jesus Christ of Naza- 
reth, rise up and walk. 11 As the lame man w^hich was 
healed held Peter and John, all the people ran together unto 
them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering. 
12 And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye 
men of Israel, w^hy marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so 
earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we 
had made this man to walk? — 9: 34 Peter said unto him, 
Eneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole. — 16: 18 Paul being 
grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the 
name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. 

79 Divine honors paid Christy and received and claimed by him. 

Ps. 2: 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. 

Mat. 2: 1 When Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in 
the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from 
the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is bom 
King of the Jews ? for we have seen his star in the east, and 
are come to worship him. — 8: 2 Behold, there came a leper 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean. — 14: 32 When they w^ere come into the 
ship, the wand ceased. 33 Then they that were in the ship 
came and w^orshipped him, saying. Of a truth thou art the Son 
of God. — 28: 9 As they went to tell his disciples, behold 
Jesus met them, saying. All hail. And they came and held 
him by the feet, and worshipped him. 16 The eleven disci- 
ples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where Jesus had 
appointed them. 17 And when they saw him, they worship- 

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His Divine Honors — Mere creatures not divinely honored. 

ped him : but some doubted. 19 Go ye therefore and teach 
all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of 
the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

Lk. 24: 51 It came to pass, while he blessed them, he was 
parted from them, and carried up into heaven. 52 And they 
worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy. 

Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man ; but hath committed 
all judgment unto the Son : 23 That all men should honor 
the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honor- 
eth not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. 

Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God^ and say- 
ing. Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with 
you all. 

Ph. 2: 9 God also hath highly exalted him, and given him 
a name which is above every name : 10 That at the name of 
Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things 
in earth, and things under the earth ; 1 1 And that every tongue 
should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God 
the Father. 

Heb. 1: 6 When he bringeth in the first-begotten into the 
world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. 

2 Pet. 1: 17 He received from God the Father honor and 
glory, when there came such a voice to him from the excel- 
lent glory, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 
pleased. — 3: 18 Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him he glory both now 
and for ever. 

Rev. 5:111 beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels 
round about the throne, and the beasts, and the elders : and 
the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and 
thousands of thousands ; 1 2 Saying with a loud voice. Worthy 
is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and 
wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing. 13 
And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and 
under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in 
them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and glory, and 
power, he unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb, for ever and ever. 1 4 And the four beasts said, Amen. 
And the four aiid twenty elders fell down and worshipped him 
that liveth for ever and ever. 

80. Mere creatures not to he divinely honored or worshipped. 

Mat. 4: 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, 

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Mere creatures not divinely honored — Mystery of Christ. 

Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, 
and him only shalt thou serve. 

Ac. 14: 13 The priest of Jupiter, which was before their 
city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would 
have done sacrifice with the people. 14 Which when the apos- 
tles, Barnabas and Paul, heard o/j they rent their clothes, and 
ran in among the people, crying out, 15 And saying. Sirs, 
why do ye these things ? We also are men of like passions 
with you, and preach unto you, that ye should turn from these 
vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, 
and the sea, and all things that are therein. 

Col. 2: 18. Let no man beguile you of your reward in a 
voluntary humility and worshipping of angels. 

Rev. 22: 8 I John saw these things, and heard them. And 
when I had heard and seen, I feU down to worship before the 
feet of the angel which showed me these things. 9 Then saith 
he unto me. See thou do it not : for I am thy fellow-servant, 
and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the 
sayings of this book: worship God. [Rev. 19: 10.] 

81. Mystery respecting Christ, 

Mat. 1: 23 Behold a virgin shall be with child, and shall 
bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, 
which being interpreted is, God with us. — 22: 41 While the 
Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 42 
Saying, What think ye of Christ ? whose son is he ? They 
say unto him. The son of David. 43 He saith unto them. 
How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The 
Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I 
make thine enemies thy footstool ? 45 If David then call him 
Lord, how is he his son ? 46 And no man was able to answer 
him a word, neither durst any man, from that day forth, ask 
him any more questions. 

Eph. 6: 19 That I may open my mouth boldly, to make 
known the mystery of the gospel. 

1 Tim. 3: 16 Without controversy, great is the mystery of 
godliness : God was manifest in the flesh. 

Rev. 19: 12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his 
head were many crowns ; and he had a name written, that no 
man knew, but he himself. — 22: 16 I Jesus have sent mine 
angel to testify unto you these things in the churches. I am 
the root and the offspring of David, and the bright and morn- 
ing-star. 

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His final Triumph and Glory. 



82. Chrises final triumph and glory. 

Ps. 24: 7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and be ye lift up 
ye everlasting doors ; and the King of glory shall come in. 

Zee. 6: 13 He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule 
upon his throne : and he shall be a priest upon his throne. 

Matt. 24: 30 Then shall appear the sign of the Son of man 
in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 
and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of 
heaven, with power and great glory. — 25: 31 When the Son 
of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with 
him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And 
before him shall be gathered all nations : and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepheird divideth Ms sheep from 
the goats. 

Ep. 1: 19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power 
to US-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty 
power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him 
from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heav- 
enly places^ 21 Far above all principality, and power, and 
might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only 
in this world, but also in that which is to come. 

Ph. 2: 9 God also hath highly exalted him, and given him 
a name which is above every name : 10 That at the name 
of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and 
things in earth, and things under the earth ; 11 And that every 
tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory 
of God the Father. 

Heb. 1: 1 God, who at sundry times and in divers manners 
spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2 Hath 
in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath 
appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds ; 
3 Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express im- 
age of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his 
power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on 
the right hand of the Majesty on high, 4 Being made so much 
better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a 
more excellent name than they. 

Kev. 17: 14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the 
Lamb shall overcome them : for h^ is Lord of lords, and King 
of kings ; and they that are with him are called, and chosen, 
and faithful. [See 96.] 
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Christ a King — Nature of his kingdom — General opposition to if.. 

CHRIST'S KINGDOM. 

83. Ciirist a King, 

Ps. 2: 6 Yet have I set my King upon my holy hill of Zion. 
— 45: 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the sceptre 
of thy kingdom is a right sceptre. 7 Thou lovest righteous- 
ness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath 
anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

Mic. 5: 2 Thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, though thou be little 
among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee sliall he come 
forth unto me that is to be Ruler in Israel ; whose goings forth 
have been from of old, from everlasting. 

Zee. 9: 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O 
daughter of Jerusalem : behold, thy King cometh unto thee. 

Mat. 27: II Jesus stood before the governor : and the gov- 
ernor asked him, saying. Art thou the King of the Jews ? And 
Jesus said unto him. Thou sayest. 

Jn. 1: 49 Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, 
thou art the Son of God ; thou art the King of IsraeL 

Rev. 1: 5 Jesus Christ, who is the faithful Witness, and the 
First-begotten of the dead, and the Prince of the kings of 
the earth, [Is: 9: 6. Jer. 23: 5, 6, and 30: 9. Hos. 3: 5. Lk. 
1: 32.] 

84. Nature of Christ's kingdom. 

Jn. 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world : 
if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants 
fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is 
my kingdom not from hence. 

Rom. 14: 17 The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, 
but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

85. General opposition to Clirist's kingdom^ before the flood^ and before the 
Jirst coming of Christ. 

G^n. 6: 5 God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

Is. b3: 3 He is despised and rejected of men ; a man of 
sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our 
faces from him ; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. 

86. WUl there be another '''fidling away^'' or general opposition to Chrisfs 
kingdom before the Millenium ? 

Is. 24: 5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants 
thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the 
ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. — 59: 13 In trans- 

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General opposition to it. 

gressing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from 
our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and utter- 
ing from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is 
turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off; for truth 
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth 
faileth ; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: 
and the Lord saw ity and it displeased him that there was no 
judgment. 

Dan. 12: 7 I heard the man clothed in linen, which was 
upon the waters of the river, when he held up his right hand 
and his left hand unto heaven, and sware by him that liveth 
for ever, that it shall be for a time, times, and an half; and when 
he shall have accomplished to scatter the power of the holy 
people, all these things shall be finished. 

Joel 3; 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe : 
come, get you down ; for the press is full, the fats overflow ; 
for their wickedness is great. 

Am. 8: 11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that 
I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a 
thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord. 

Mat. 24: 24 There shall arise false Christs, and false pro- 
phets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, 
if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

Lk. 18: 8 Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shaU 
he find faith on the earth ? 

2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4 Who 
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or 
that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple 
of God, shewing himself that he is God. 7 For the mystery 
of iniquity doth already work : only he who now letteth will 
let, until he be taken out of the way. 

2 Tim. 3: 1 This know also, that in the last days perilous 
times shall come. 2 For men shall be lovers of their own 
selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy, 3 Without natural affection, 
truce-breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers 
of pleasures more than lovers of God ; 5 Having a form of 
godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn 
away. 

2 Pet. 2: 1 There were false prophets also among the people, 
even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily 
shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that 
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bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 
2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; by reason of 
whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. — 3: 3 Know- 
ing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, 
walking after their own lusts, 4 And saying. Where is the 
promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all 
things continue as they were from the beginning of the cre- 
ation. 

Jude 17 Beloved, remember ye the words which were spo- 
ken before of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ: 18 How 
that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, 
who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These 
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the 
Spirit. 

Rev. 3: 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, 
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall 
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 
— 11: 3 I will give power unto my two witnesses, and they 
shall prophesy a thousand two hundred and threescore days, 
clothed in sackcloth. 7 And when they shall have finished 
their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless 
pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, 
and kill them. 10 And they that dwell upon the earth shall 
rejoice over them ; and make merry, and shall send gifts one 
to another ; because these two prophets tormented them that 
dwelt on the earth. — 12: 12 Wo to the inhabiters of the earth, 
and of the sea ! for the devil is come down unto you, having 
great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. 
— 13: 3 I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; 
and his deadly wound was healed : and all the world wondered 
after the beast. 4 And they worshipped the dragon which 
gave power unto the beast : and they worshipped the beast, 
saying, Who is like unto the beast ? who is able to make war 
with him? — 16: 13 I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come 
•out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the 
beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. 14 For they 
are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto 
the kings of the earth, and of the whole world, to gather them 
to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. 

87. Will the foes of Chrisfs kingdom he cut off before the millennium ? 

Ps. 2: 8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for 
thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy 
possession. 9 Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron ; thou 
shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. — 3?: 9 Evil 

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doers shall be cut off: but those that wait upon the Lord, 
they shall inherit the earth. [10 — 13.] — 82: 8 Arise, O God, 
judge the earth : for thou shalt inherit all nations. 

Is. 1: 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her 
converts with righteousness. 28 And the destruction of the 
transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that 
forsake the Lord shall be consumed. — 2: 12 The day of the 
Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, 
and upon every one thai is lifted up ; and he shall be brought 
low. [17 — 20.] — 13: 9 Behold, the day of the Lord cometh, 
cruel both with wrath and fierce anger, to lay the land deso- 
late : and he shall destroy the sinners thereof out of it. — 24: 1 
Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it 
waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the 
inhabitants thereof. 3 The land shall be utterly emptied, and 
utterly spoiled : for the Lord hath spoken this word. 4 The 
earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and 
fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish. 
5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; be- 
cause they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, 
broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore hath the curse 
devoured the earth, and they that dwell therein are desolate : 
therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men 
left. 17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, are upon thee, O 
inhabitant of the earth. 18 And it shall come to pass, that he 
who fleeth from the noise of the fear shall fall into the pit ; 
and he that cometh up out of the midst of the pit shall be 
taken in the snare : for the windows from on high are open, 
and the foundations of the earth do shake. 19 The earth is 
utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is 
moved exceedingly. 20 The earth shall reel to and fro like a 
drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage ; and the trans- 
gression thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and it shall fall, and 
not rise again. 23 Then the moon shall be confounded, and 
the sun ashamed, when the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount 
Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before his ancients gloriously. 
[See the whole Chap.] — 26: 20 Come, my people, enter thou 
into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself 
as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be over- 
past. 21 For behold, the Lord cometh out of his place to 
punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity : the earth 
also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain. 
— 28: 21 The Lord shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he 
shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his 
work, his strange work ; and bring to pass his act, his strange 
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act. 22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be 
made strong : for I have heard from the Lord God of hosts a 
consumption, even determined upon the whole earth. — 34: 1 
Come near, ye nations, to hear ; and hearken, ye people : let 
the earth hear, and all that is therein ; the world, and all things 
that come forth of it. 2 For the indignation of the Lord is 
upon all nations, and Ms fury upon all their armies : he hath 
utterly destroyed them, he hath delivered them to the slaugh- 
ter. 3 Their slain also shall be cast out, and their stink shall 
come up out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be 
melted with their blood. 4 And all the host of heaven shall 
be dissolved, and the heaven^ shall be rolled together as a scroll : 
and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off* from 
the vine, and as a falling Jig from the fig-tree. 8 For it is 
the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompen- 
ses for the controversy of Zion. [See verses 5 — 7, 9, 10 and 
the following chap.] — Q3: 1 Who is this that cometh from 
Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah ? this that is glorious 
in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength ? I 
that speak in righteousness, mighty to save. 2 Wherefore 
art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that 
treadeth in the wine-fat ? 3 I have trodden the wine-press 
alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will 
tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and 
their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will 
stain all my raiment. 4 For the day of vengeance is in mine 
heart, and the year of my redeemed is come. — 66: 15 Behold, 
the Lord will come with fire, and with his chariots like a 
whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with 
flames of fire. 1 6 For by fire and by his sword will the Lord 
plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Lord shall be 
many. 

Jer. 25: 31 A noise shall come eve7i to the ends of the earth ; 
for the Lord hath a controversy with the nations, he will 
plead with all flesh ; he will give them that are wicked to the 
sword, saith the Lord. 32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Behold, evil shall go forth from nation to nation, and a great 
whirlwind shall be raised up from the coasts of the earth. 
33 And the slain of the Lord shall be at that day from one 
end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth : they 
shall not be lamented, neither gathered, nor buried ; they shall 
be dung upon the ground. 

Ezk. 38 [An account of the general gathering of the na- 
tions under Gog, upon the mountains of Israel, which concludes 
thus.] 211 will call for a sword against him throughout all 

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my mountains, saith the Lord God : every man's sword shall 
be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him with 
pestilence and with blood ; and I will rain upon him, and upon 
his bands,, and upon the many people that are with him, an 
overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. — 
39: 1 Thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the 
chief prince of Meshech and Tubal : 2 And I will turn thee 
back, and leave but the sixth part of thee, and will cause thee 
to come up from the north parts, and will bring thee upon the 
mountains of Israel : 3 And I will smite thy bow out of thy 
left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right 
hand. 4 Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou 
and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee : I will give 
thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts 
of the field, to be devoured. 5 Thou shalt fall upon the open 
field : for I have spoken ^^, saith the Lord God. 6 And I 
will send a fire on Magog, and among them that dwell care- 
lessly in the isles : and they shall know that I am the Lord. 
7 So will I make my holy name known in the midst of my 
people Israel ; and I will not let them pollute my holy name 
any more : and the heathen shall know that I am the Lord, 
the Holy One in Israel. 8 Behold, it is come, and it is done, 
saith the Lord God ; this is the day whereof I have spoken. 

9 And they that dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth, 
and shall set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields, 
and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, and the hand-staves, 
and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire seven years : 

10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither 
cut down any out of the forests ; for they shall burn the weap- 
ons with fire : and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and 
rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord God. 12 And 
seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that 
they may cleanse the land. 17 And, thou son of man, thus 
saith the Lord God ; Speak unto every feathered fowl, and to 
every beast of the field. Assemble yourselves, and come ; 
gather yourselves on every side to my sacrifice that I do sacri 
fice for you, even a great sacrifice upon the mountains of Israel, 
that ye may eat flesh, and drink blood. 

Joel 3: 9 Proclaim ye this among the Gentiles ; Prepare 
war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw 
near ; let them come up : 13 Put ye in the sickle, for the 
harvest is ripe : come, get you down ; for the press is full, the 
fats overflow ; for their wickedness is great. 14 Multitudes, 
multitudes in the valley of decision : for the day of the Lord 
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is near in the valley of decision. 15 The sun and the moon 
shall be darkened, and the stars shall withdraw their shining. 
16 The Lord also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice 
from Jerusalem ; and the heavens and the earth shall shake : 
but the Lord will be the hope of his people, and the strength 
of the children of Israel. 17 So shall ye know that I am the 
Lord your God dwelling in Zion my holy mountain : then 
shall Jerusalem be holy, and there shall no strangers pass 
through her any more. 

Zep. 1:21 will utterly consume all things from off the land, 
saith the Lord. 3 I will consume man and beast; I will 
consume the fowls of the heaven, and the fishes of the sea, 
and the stumbling-blocks with the wicked ; and I will cut off 
man from off' the land, saith the Lord. [17, 18.] — 3: 8 Wait 
ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to 
the prey : for my determination is to gather the nations, that 
I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indig- 
nation, even all my fierce anger : for ail the earth shall be 
devoured Avith the fire of my jealousy. 9 For then will I 
turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon 
the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent. 12 I 
will also leave in the midst of thee an afilicted and poor peo- 
ple, and they shall trust in the name of the Lord. 13 The 
remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak hes ; neither 
shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth : for they shall 
feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid. 

Mai. 4: 1 Behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an 
oven ; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall 
be stubble : and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith 
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor 
branch. 2 But unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of 
righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall 
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall 
tread down the wicked ; for they shall be ashes under the soles 
of your feet in the day that I shall do this^ saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Rev. 1 6: 1 7 The seventh angel poured out his vial into the 
air ; and there came a great voice out of the temple of heaven, 
from the throne, saying, It is done. 18 And there were voices, 
and thunders, and lightnings ; and there was a great earth- 
quake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so 
mighty an earthquake, and so great. 19 And the great city 
was divided into three parts, and the cities of the nations fell : 
and great Babylon came in remembrance before God, to give 
unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath. 

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20 And every island fled away, and the mountains were not 
found. 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of 
heaven, every stone about the weight of a talent : and men 
blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail ; for the 
plague thereof was exceeding great. — 19: 19 [Contains a 
description of a general destruction of the kings of the earth, 
and their armies, by one who sat on a white horse, which con- 
cludes thus.] 21 And the remnant were slain with the sword 
of him that sat upon the horse, which sword proceeded out of 
his mouth : and all the fowls were filled with their flesh. — 
20: 1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key 
of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2 And he 
laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, 
and Satan, and bound him a thousand years. 1 S. 2: 10, Pr. 
2: 21, Is. 11: 1—6, and 29: 7, 8, Dan. 12: 1. 
[See 381, 486, 513, 566, 630, 733.] 

88. Joy in view of the overthrow of Christ's enemies 

Is. 24: 13 When thus it shall be in the midst of the land 
among the people, there shall he as the shaking of an olive- 
tree, and as the gleaning-grapes when the vintage is done. 

14 They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the ma- 
jesty of the LoKD, they shall cry aloud from the sea. 15 
Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in the fires, even the name of 
the Lord God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 16 From the 
uttermost part of the earth have we heard songs, even glory to 
the righteous. 

Zep. 3: 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion ; shout, O Israel; be 
glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast 
out thine enemy: the Eang of Israel, even the Lord, is in 
the midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any more. 

[See 237, 571.] 

89. Christ and his friends warn the wicked before their overthrow. 

Mat. 24: 14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall 
the end come. 

Rev. 11: 3 I will give power unto my two witnesses, and 
they shall prophecy a thousand two hundred and three-score 
days, clothed in sackcloth. — 14: 6 I saw another angel fly in 
the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach 
unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and 
kindred, and tongue, and people, 7 Saying with a loud voice. 
Fear God, and give glory to him ; for the hour of his judgment 
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is come : and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and 
the sea, and the fountains of waters. 

90. Progress and final triumph of Chrisfs Icingdom upon earth. 

Ps. 72: 8 He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and 
from the river unto the ends of the earth. 9 They that dwell in 
the wilderness shall bow before him ; and his enemies shall 
lick the dust. 1 The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall 
bring presents : the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. 
1 1 Yea, all kings shall fall down before him : all nations shall 
serve him. 

Is. 9: 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there 
shall he no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his king- 
dom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment, and with 
justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord 
of hosts will perform this. 

Dan. 2: 35 The stone that smote the image became a great 
mountain, and filled the whole earth. 44 And in the days of 
these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which 
shall never be destroyed : and the kingdom shall not be left to 
other people, hut it shall break in pieces and consume all these 
kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever. 45 Forasmuch as thou 
sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without 
hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, 
the silver, and the gold ; the great God hath made known to 
the king what shall come to pass hereafter : and the dream is 
certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. — 7: 13 I saw in the 
night visions, and behold, one like the Son of man came with 
the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they 
brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him 
dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, 
and languages should serve him. 

Zee. 14: 9 The Lord shall be king overall the earth: in 
that day shall there be one Lord, and his name one. 

Mat. 13: 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, say- 
ing, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, 
which a man took, and sowed in his field : 32 Which indeed 
is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the great- 
est among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the 
air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 33 Another par- 
able spake he unto them ; The kingdom of heaven is like unto 
leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of 
meal, till the whole was leavened. 

Hev. 11: 15 The seventh angel sounded; and there were 
great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world 

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are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he 
shall reign for ever and ever. — 20: 4 And I saw thrones, and 
they sat upon them, and judgment was given unto them : and 
I saw the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of 
Jesus, and for the word of God, and which had not worshipped 
the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark 
upon their foreheads, or in their hands ; and they lived and 
reigned with Christ a thousand years. [See 440.] 

91. Duration of Christ! s kingdom. 

Ps. 45: 6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever. 

Dan. 7: 14 His dominion is an everlasting dominion, which 
shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be 
destroyed. 

Lk. 1: 33 He shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever; 
and of his kingdom there shall be no end. 

CHURCH OF GOD. 

92. Design of the church of God. 

Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have 
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that 
is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a can- 
dle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick : and it 
givetli light unto all that are in the house. 16 Let your light 
so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and 
glorify your Father which is in heaven. 

Ep. 3: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and 
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the 
manifold wisdom of God, 11 According to the eternal pur- 
pose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

1 Tim. 3: 15 The church of the living God, the pillar and 
ground of the truth. 

93. Foundation of the church. 

Mat. 1 6: 1 6 Simon Peter answered and said. Thou art the 
Christ, the Son of the living God. 18 Thou art Peter, and 
upon this rock [Christ] I will build my church : and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. — 21: 42 Did ye never read 
in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the 
same is become the head of the corner. [Ps. 118: 22. Is. 
28: 16. 1 Pet. 2: 7.] 

1 Cor. 3: 9 Ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 
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11 Other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is 
Jesus Christ. 

Ep. 2: 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles 
and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone; 
21 In whom all the building fitly framed together, groweth 
unto an holy temple in the Lord. 

94. The church an object of love and of prayer. 

Ps. 51: 18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion : build 
thou the walls of Jerusalem. — 87: 2 The Lord loveth the 
gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. — 122: 6 
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : they shall prosper that love 
thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy 
palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will 
now say, Peace be within thee. 9 Because of the house of the 
Lord our God I will seek thy good. — 137: 5 If I forget thee, 
O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do 
TQOt remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my 
mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy. 

Song 7: 10 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 

Is. 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that 
make mention of the Lord, keep not silence. 7 And give him 
no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise 
in the earth. 

Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it. 29 No man ever 
yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even 
as the Lord the church. [See 111, 504, 585, 672.] 

95. The church safe. 

Ps. 46: 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present 
help in trouble. 2 Therefore will we not fear, though the 
earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into 
the midst of the sea ; 3 Though the waters thereof roar and 
be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling 
thereof. 4 There is a river, the streams whereof shall make 
glad the city of God, the holy place of the Tabernacles of the 
Most High. 5 God is in the midst of her ; she shall not be 
moved: God shall help her, and that right early. 6 The 
heathen raged, the kingdoms w^ere moved: he uttered his 
voice, the earth melted. 7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; 
the God of Jacob is our refuge. — 125: 2 As the mountains 
are round about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his 
people from henceforth even for ever. 

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Apostles. 



Pr. 18: 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower : the 
righteous runneth into it, and is safe. 

Is. 43: 2 When thou passest through the waters, I will be 
with thee ; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow 
thee : when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be 
burned ; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee. 3 For I 
am the Lord thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour : 
I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 4 
Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honora- 
ble, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, 
and people for thy life. 5 Fear not ; for I am with thee : I 
will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the 
west : 6 I will say to the north, Give up : and to the south. 
Keep not back : bring my sons from far, and my daughters 
from the ends of the earth. — 54: 14 In righteousness shalt 
thou be established : thou shalt be far from oppression ; for 
thou shalt not fear : and from terror ; for it shall not come 
near thee. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall 
prosper ; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judg- 
ment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the ser- 
vants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the 
Lord. [See 515—517, 585.] 

96. Christ the head of the church. 

Mat. 23: 8 Be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, 
even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your 
father upon the earth : for one is your Father which is in heaven. 
10 Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even 
Christ. 

Ep. 1: 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave 
him to he the head over all things to the church, 23 Which 
is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all. [See 76.] 

CHURCH OrnCERS. 

97. Apostles^ or extraordinary officers^ called directly by Christ. 

Mat. 4: 18 Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two 
brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting 
a net into the sea ; for they were fishers. 19 And he saith 
unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. — 
10: 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth. 

Gal. 1: 1 Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but 
by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the 
dead.) 

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Apostles. 



98. The apostles^ instructed by direct revelations. 

Mat. 10: 19 "When they deliver you up, take no thought how 
or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same 
hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but 
the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 

Gal. 1: 11 I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which 
was preached of me is not after man: 12 For I neither re- 
ceived it of man, neither was I taught it^ but by the revelation 
of Jesus Christ. — 2: 8 (He that wrought effectually in Peter 
to the apostleship of the circumcision, the same was mighty in 
me toward the Gentiles.) 

99. Apostles^ eye-witnesses of Chrisfs resurrection. 

Ac. 1: 21 Of these men which have companied with us, 
all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us. 
22 Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day 
that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a 
witness with us of his resurrection. — 13: 30 God raised him 
from the dead : 31 And he was seen many days of them which 
came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his wit- 
nesses unto the people. 

1 Cor. 15: 8 Last of all he was seen of me also, as of one bom 
out of due time. 

100. Miraculous gifts and authority of the apostles. 

Mat. 10: 1 When he had called unto Mm his twelve disci- 
ples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them 
out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of dis- 
ease. — 16: 19 I will give unto thee the keys of the Idngdom of 
heaven, and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be 
bound in heaven ; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, 
shall be loosed in heaven. — 18: 18 Verily I say unto you, 
Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven : 
and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in 
iieaven. 19 If two of you shall agree on earth, as touching 
anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

Jn. 20: 23 Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted 
unto them ; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

Ac. 8: 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they 
received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was 
given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this 
power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the 
Holy Ghost. — 15: 28 It seemed good to the Holy Ghost and 

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Teachers and Pastors — Deacons. 



to US, to laj upon you no greater burden than these necessary 
things; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and 
from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication : 
from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare 
ye well. 

2 Cor. 12: 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought 
among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty 
deeds. [See 189.] 

101. Elders^ Overseet^s^ Ministers^ Bishops^ Preachers, Teachers, Pastors, 
Evangelists, (one office,) to instruct, admonish, edify, lead and guide. 

Jer. 3: 15 I will give you pastors according to mine heart, 
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

Lk. 1: 2 Even as they delivered them unto us, which from 
the beginning were eye-witnesses, and ministers of the word. 

Ac. 15; 6 The apostles and elders came together for to con- 
sider of this matter. 23 They wrote lette7's by them after this 
manner ; The apostles, and elders, and brethren, send greeting 
unto the brethren which are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and 
Syria, and Cilicia. — 20: 28 Take heed therefore unto your- 
selves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath 
made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath 
purchased with his own blood. 

Ep. 4: 1 1 He gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets ; and 
some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers; 12 For 
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for 
the edifying of the body of Christ. 

Ph. 1: 1 Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, 
to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the 
bishops and deacons. 

1 Tim. 2: 7 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an 
apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ, ar^c? lie not,) a teacher of 
the Gentiles in faith and verity. — 3: 1 This is a true saying, 
If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 

2 Tim. 1: 11 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an 
apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles. 

1 Pet. 5: 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who 
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and 
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed : 2 Feed 
the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight 
thereof, not by constraint, but willingly ; not for filthy lucre, but 
of a ready mind ; 3 Neither as being lords over God's heritage, 
but being ensamples to the flock. [See 447.] 

102. Deacons, to distribute alms, serve tables, etc. 

Ac. 6: 1 In those days, when the number of the disciples 

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Elders — Baptism and Lord's Supi^er. 

was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians 
against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in 
the daily ministration. 2 Then the twelve called the multitude 
of the disciples unto them^ and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, 
brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, 
full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint 
over this business. 4 But we will give ourselves continually 
to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. 5 And the saying 
pleased the whole multitude : and they chose Stephen, a man 
full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, 
and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a prose- 
lyte of Antioch, 6 Whom they set before the apostles : and 
when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them. 

1 Tim. 3: 8 Likewise must the deacons he grave, not double- 
tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; 
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 
And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office 
of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their 
wives he grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their 
children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have 
used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a 
good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

103. Had any primitive churches a plurality ofdders ? 

Ac. 14: 23 When they had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them 
to the Lord. — 20: 17 From Miletus he sent to Ephesus, and 
called the elders of the church. 

Tit. 1: 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou 
shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had appointed thee. 

Jam. 5: 14 Is any sick among you? let him call for the 
elders of the church. 

CHURCH ORDINANCES. 

104. Baptism and Lord's Supper appointed. 

Mat. 26: 26 As they were eating, Jesus took bread, and 
blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, 
Take, eat ; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and 
gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it : 
28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed 

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105, 106 CHURCH ORDINANCES, 



Preparation for — a privilege. 



for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I 
will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that 
day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom. 
30 And when they had sung a hymn, they went out into the 
mount of Olives. [Mk. 14: 22 — 25. Lk. 22: 14 — 20.] — 
28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing them 
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost. 

1 Cor. 11: 23 I have received of the Lord, that which also 

1 delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus, the same night in 
which he was betrayed, took bread : 24 And when he had 
given thanks, he brake it^ and said. Take, eat : this is my body, 
which is broken for you : this do in remembrance of me. 25 
After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had 
supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood : 
this do ye, as oft as ye drink it^ in remembrance of me. 26 For 
as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew 
the Lord's death till he come. 

105. Preparation required of partakers at the Lord's Supper, 

1 Cor. 5: 7 Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may 
be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our 
passover is sacrificed for us: 8 Therefore let us keep the 
feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice 
and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity 
and truth. — 11: 27 Whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink 
this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body 
and blood of the Lord. 28 But let a man examine himself, 
and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup. 29 For 
he that eateth and drinketh unworthily, eateth and drinketh 
damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. 30 For 
this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many 
sleep. [See 397.] 

106. Church ordinances a privilege. 

Ps. 27: 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I 
seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the 
days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to in- 
quire in his temple. — 36: 8 They shall be abundantly satisfied 
with the fatness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink 
of the river of thy pleasures. — 63: 1 O God, thou art my 
God ; early will I seek thee : my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh 
longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in 
the sanctuary. — ^b: 4 Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, 

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Profession of Religion. 

and causest to approach unto thee^ that he may dwell in thy 
courts : we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, 
evtn of thy holy temple. — 84:1 How amiable are thy taberna- 
cles, O Lord of hosts ! 2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth 
for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out 
for the living God. o Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, 
and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her 
young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my 
God. 4 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house : they will 
be still praising thee. 10 For a day in thy courts is better 
than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house 
of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. — 87: 5 
Of Zion it shall be said. This and that man was bom in her : 
and the Highest himself shall establish her. 6 The Lord 
shall count, when he writeth up the people, that this man was 
born there. — 92: 13 Those that be planted in the house of 
the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 They 
shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; they shall be fat and 
flourishing. [See 658.] 

107. Profession of religion and observance of Christian ordinances exempli- 
fied and required. 

Dt. 26: 17 Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy 
God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his 
commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his 
voice: 18 And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be 
his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou 
shouldest keep all his commandments. 

Is. 44: 5 One shall say, I am the Lord's ; and another shall 
call himself by the name of Jacob ; and another shall subscribe 
with his hand unto the Lord, and surname himself by the name 
of Israel. 

Mat. 5: 15 Neither do men light a candle, and put it under 
a bushel, but on a candlestick : and it giveth light unto all that 
are in the house. 1 6 Let your light so shine before men, that 
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. — 10: 32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me 
before men, him will I confess also before my Father which 
is in heaven. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, 
him \vdll I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. 
Lk. 12: 8, 9. — Mat. 20: 27 He took the cup, and gave thanks, 
and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it. 

JVIk. 8: 38 Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me, and 
of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation ; of him 
also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the 

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Early Convention. 

glory of his Father with the holy angels. — 16: 16 He that 
believeth and is baptized, shall be saved. 

Lk. 22: 19 He took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, 
and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is^ven 
for you : this do in remembrance of me. 

Rom. 10: 9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him 
from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the heart, man 
believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth, confession 
is made unto salvation. 

1 Cor. 11: 26 As often as ye eat this bread, and drink this 
cup, ye do show the Lord's death till he come. 

2 Tim. 2: 12 If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if 
we deny him, he also will deny us. 

1 Jn. 4: 15 Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of 
God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God. [See 502.] 

CHURCH ORDER, DISCIPLINE, FELLOWSHIP, ETC. 
108. An early ecclesiastical convention, 

Ac. 15: 5 There rose up certain of the sect of the Pharisees, 
which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them, 
and to command them to keep the law of Moses. 6 And the 
apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter. 
22 Then pleased it the apostles and elders, with the whole 
church, to send chosen men of their own company to Antioch, 
with Paul and Barnabas ; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, 
and Silas, chief men among the brethren : 23 And they wrote 
letters by them after this manner ; The apostles, and elders, 
and brethren, send greeting unto the brethren which are of the 
Gentiles in Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia. 24 Forasmuch 
as we have heard, that certain which went out from us, have 
troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying, * Ye 
must be circumcised, and keep the lav/ ; to whom we gave no 
such commandment : 25 It seemed good unto us, being as- 
sembled with one accord, to send chosen men unto you, with 
our beloved Barnabas and Paul : 26 Men that have hazarded 
their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 27 We 
have sent therefore Judas and Silas who shall also tell you the 
same things by mouth. 28 For it seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you no greater burden than these 
necessary things ; 29 That ye abstain from meats offered 
to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from 
fornication : from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. 
Fare ye well, 
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Discipline. 

109. Church discipline. 

Ps. 141: 5 Let the righteous smite me ; it shall he a kindness: 
and let him reprove me ; it shall he an excellent oil, which shall 
not break my head. 

Mat. 18: 15 If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go 
and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall 
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 1 6 But if he will not 
hear thee^ then take wilh thee one or two more, that in the mouth 
of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : 
but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as a 
heathen man and a publican. 

1 Cor. 5: 4 In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye 
are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, 5 To deliver such an one unto Satan for 
the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in 
the day of the Lord Jesus. 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, 
not to company with fornicators : 10 Yet not altogether with 
the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortion- 
ers, or with idolaters : for then must ye needs go out of the 
world. 11 But now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, 
or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an 
extortioner : with such an one no not to eat. 1 2 For what have 
I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge 
them that are within? 13 But them that are without God 
judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that 
wicked person. 

Gal. 6: 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which 
are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; 
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

2 Th. 3: 6 We command you, brethren, in the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every 
brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition 
which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with 
him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count him not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

Tit. 3: 10 A man that is ""an heretic, after the first and 
second admonition, reject ; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is 
subverted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 

Kev. 2: 2 I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, 
and how thou canst not bear them which are evil ; and thou 
hast tried them which say they are apostles, and are not ; and 

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llules for Edification. 

hast found them liars : 3 And hast borne, and hast patience, 
and for my name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. 
[See 610.] 

110. Directions for the edification of churches, 

Rom. 12: 4 As we have many members in one body, and 
all members have not the same office : 5 So we, being many, 
are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another. 
6 Having then gifts, differing according to the grace that is 
given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the 
proportion of faith ; 7 Or ministry, let us wait on our minister- 
ing ; or he that teacheth, on teaching : 8 Or he that exhorteth, 
on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity : 
he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that sheweth mercy, with 
cheerfulness. 9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor 
that which is evil ; cleave to that which is good. \0 Be kindly 
aifectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honor pre- 
ferring one another. — 14: 19 Let us therefore follow after the 
things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may 
edify another. — 15: 1 We then that are strong ought to bear 
the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. 2 Let 
every one of us please his neighbor for his good to edification. 
3 For even Christ pleased not himself. 

Ep. 4: 15 But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into 
him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: 16 From 
whom the whole body fitly joined together and compacted by 
that which every joint supplieth, according to the effectual 
working in the measure of every part, maketh increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 29 Let no corrupt 
communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is 
good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto 
the hearers. 

Col. 3: 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, and 
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts 
to the Lord. [Heb. 10: 24, 25.] 

1 Th. 5: 11 Comfort yourselves together, and edify one 
another, even as also ye do. 

Heb. 3: 13 Exhort one another daily, while it is called 
To-day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness 
of sin. — 10: 24 Let us consider one another, to provoke unto 
love, and to good works : 25 Not forsaking the assembling of 
ourselves together, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting 
one another ; and so much the more, as ye see the day ap 
proaching. 
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Brotherly Love, Fellowship and Unity. 

in. Brotherly love, fellowship, and unity in churches^ required and exem" 
plijied. 

1 S. 18: 3 Then Jonathan and David made a covenant, be- 
cause he loved him as his own soul. 

2 S. 1: 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : 
very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was 
wonderful, passing the love of women. 

Ps. 133: 1 Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for 
brethren to dwell together in unity ! 2 It is like the pre- 
cious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, 
even Aaron's beard : that went down to the skirts of his gar- 
ments. 

Is. 52: 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice ; with the 
voice together shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, 
when the Lord shall bring again Zion. 

Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you. That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my dis- 
ciples, if ye have love one to another. — 15: 12 This is my 
commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. 
— 17: 20 Neither pray I for these alone; but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word : 21 That they 
all may be one ; as thou. Father, art in me, and I in thee, that 
they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that 
thou hast sent me. 22 And the glory which thou gavest me, 
I have given them ; that they may be one, even as we are 
one. 

Ac. 4: 32 The multitude of them that believed were of one 
heart, and of one soul. — 20: 37 They all wept sore, and fell 
on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 38 Sorrowing most of all for 
the words which he spake, that they should see his face no 
more. 

Rom. 12: 10 ^e kindly affectioned one to another with broth- 
erly love; in honor preferring one another. — 15: 5 The God 
of patience and consolation grant you to b^ like-minded one 
toward another according to Christ Jesus : 6 That ye may 
with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

1 Cor. 1: 10 I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that 
there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined 
together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 

2 Cor. 13: 11 Be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one 
mind, live in peace ; and the God of love and peace shall be 
with you. 

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Brotherly Love, Fellowship and Unity. 

Gal. 6: 10 As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good 
unto all men^ especially unto them who are of the household 
of faith. 

Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. — 5: 2 Walk in love, as 
Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an 
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. 

Ph. 1: 4 Always in every prayer of mine for you all making 
request with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel. 27 
Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of 
Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I 
may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with 
one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel. — 2: 1 
If there he therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort 
of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and 
mercies, 2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having 
the same love, heing of one accord, of one mind. 

Ph. 3:16 Whereto we have already attained, let us walk by 
the same rule, let us mind the same thing. 

1 Th. 4; 9 As touching brotherly love ye need not that I 
write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love 
one another. 10 And indeed ye do it toward all the brethren 
which are in all Macedonia : but we beseech you, brethren, 
that ye increase more and more. 

Heb. 13: 1 Let brotherly love continue. 

1 Pet. 1: 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the breth- 
ren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 
— 2: 17 Love the brotherhood. 

2 Pet. 1: 5 Besides this, giving all diligence, add to your 
faith, virtue ; and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowledge, 
temperance ; and to temperance, patience ; and to patience, 
godliness ; 7 And to godliness, brotherly kindness ; and to 
brotherly kindness, charity. 

1 Jn. 3: 11 This is the message that ye heard from the be- 
ginning, that we should love one another. 1 2 Not as Cain, 
who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. 14 We 
know that we have passed from death unto life, because we 
love the brethren. 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God^ 
because he laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down 
our lives for the brethren. 17 But whoso hath this world's 
good, and secth his l)j-othcr have need, and shuttcth up liis 
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CHUBCH ORDEK, DISCIPLINE, ETC. 112 

Limits of Fellowship — Dislellowship. 

bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God 
in him ? 18 My little children, let us not love in word, neither 
in tongue, but in deed and in truth. 19 And hereby we know 
that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before 
him. 23 And this is his commandment ; That we should be- 
lieve on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one anoth- 
er, as he gave us commandment. — 4: 7 Beloved, let us love 
one another : for love is of God ; and every one that loveth is 
born of God, and knoweth God. 8 He that loveth not, know- 
eth not God ; for God is love. 10 Herein is love, not that 
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the 
propitiation for our sins. 11 Beloved, if God so loved us, 
we ought also to love one another. 21 This commandment 
have we from him. That he who loveth God, love his brother 
also. 

2 Jn. 5 Now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a 
new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the 
beginning, that we love one another. [See 94, 114, 412.] 

112. Limits of Christian fellowship prescribed — Disfellowship. 

2 Ch. 19: 2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to 
meet him, and said to king Jehosaphat, Shouldest thou help 
the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is 
wrath upon thee from before the Lord. 

Mat. 10: II Into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, 
inquire who in it igi worthy ; and there abide till ye go thence. 
12 And when ye come into a house, salute it. 13 And 
if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it ; but if 
it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14 And 
whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when 
ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your 
feet. 

1 Cor. 5: 9 I wrote unto you in an epistle, not to company 
with fornicators : 10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators 
of this world, or wdth the covetous, or extortioners, or with 
idolaters : for then must ye needs go out of the world. 1 1 But 
now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man 
that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idol- 
ater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner : with such a 
one no not to eat. — 10: 20 I would not that ye should have 
fellowship with devils. 

Ep. 5: 1 1 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of 
darkness, but rather reprove them. 

2 Th. 3: 6 We command you, brethren, in the name of our 
Lord Jesus. Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every 

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113, 114 CHURCH UNITY, ETC. 

Church one body — Unity unportant. 

brother that walketh disorderlj, and not after the tradition 
which he received of us. 14 And if any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with 
him, that he may be ashamed. 15 Yet count Mm not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a brother. 

2 Tim. 3: 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the 
power thereof: from such turn away. 

2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine, receive him not into yo7zr house, neither bid him God 
speed: 11 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker 
of his evil deeds. [See 115, 122, 177, 477.] 

CHURCH-UNITY. 

113. The Church of Christ one body, 

1 Cor. 12: 13 By one Spirit are we all baptized into one 
body, whether toe he Jews or Gentiles, whether we he bond or 
free ; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. 

Ep. 4: 4 There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are 
called in one hope of your calling ; 5 One Lord, one faith, 
one baptism, 6 One God and Father of all, who is above all, 
and through all, and in you all. 

114. Church unity not to he broken by hatred^ and selfish divisions. 

Mat. 12: 25 Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them. 
Every kingdom divided against itself, is br©ught to desolation ; 
and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand. 
26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; 
how shall then his kingdom stand ? 

Rom. 16: 17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which 
ye have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are 
such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; 
and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the 
simple. 

1 Cor. 1: 11 It hath been declared unto me of you, my 
brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there 
are contentions among you. 12 Now this I say, that every 
one of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of Apollos ; and I of 
Cephas; and I of Christ. 13 Is Christ divided?— 3: 3 Ye 
are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and 
strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men ? 4 
For while one saith, I am of Paul ; and another, I am of 
Apollos ; are ye not carnal? — 12: 24 Our comely parts have 
no need : but God hath tempered the body together, having 
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CHURCH UNITY, ETC. 115, 116 

Limits of union — Church root and branches. 

given more abundant honor to that part which lacked : 25 
That there should be no schism in the body ; but that the mem- 
bers should have the same care one for another. 26 And 
whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it ; or 
one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. 27 
Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. 

Gal. 5: 15 If ye bite and devour one another, take heed 
that ye be not consumed one of another. 

1 Jn. 3: 14 He that loveth not his brother, abideth in death. 
15 Whosoever hat eth his brother, is a murderer: and ye know 
that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. — 4: 20 If a 
man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar. For 
he that loveth not his brother, whom he hath seen, how can he 
love Grod, whom he hath not seen .'^ 

Jude 18 They told you there should be mockers in the last 
time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts. 19 These 
be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit. 

[See 111.] 

115. Church unity and fellowship not to he extended to unbelievers. 

Lk. 12: 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on 
earth ? I tell you, Nay ; but rather division. 

2 Cor. 6: 1 4 Be ye not unequally yoked together with un- 
believers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with un- 
righteousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness ? 
1 5 And what concord hath Christ with Belial ? or what part 
hath he that believeth with an infidel? 16 And what agree- 
ment hath the temple of God with idols ? for ye are the tem- 
ple of the living God ; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, 
and Vs^alk in them ; and I will be their God, and they shall be 
my people. 17 Wherefore come out from among them, and 
be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean 
thing; and I will receive you; 18 And will be a Father 
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the 
Lord Almighty. 

Rev. 1 8: 4 I heard another voice from heaven, saying. Come 
out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, 
and that ye receive not of her plagues. [See 112, 122, 177.] 

116. Christian churches^ hrancAes of the Ahrahamic church. 

Bom. 11: 16 If the first fruit he holy, the lump is also holy: 
and if the root he holy, so are the branches. 1 7 And if some 
of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive- 
tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of 
the root and fatness of the olive-tree; 18 Boast not against 
the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but 

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117, 118 CHUECH ABRAHAMIC. 

Abrahamic Covenant. 

the root thee. 19 Thou wilt say then, The branches were 
broken offj that I might be graffed in. 20 Well ; because of 
unbelief thej were broken oflf, and thou standest by faith. Be 
not high-minded, but fear: 21 For if God spared not the 
natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee. 23 And 
they also, if they abide not still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: 
for God is able to graff them in again. 24 For if thou wert 
cut out of the olive-tree which is wild by nature, and wert 
graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree ; how much 
more shall these, Avhich be the natural branches, be graffed into 
their own olive-tree ? 

Gal. 3: 7 Know ye therefore, that they which are of faith, 
the same are the children of Abraham. 8 And the scripture, 
foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, 
preached before the gospel unto Abraham, sajfing. In thee 
shall all nations be blessed. 9 So then they which be of faith 
are blessed with faithful Abraham. [Rom. 4: 11 — 25. Ac 
7: 38. Ep. 2: 12.] 

CHUBCH ABRAHAMIC. 

117. God's cauenant imth the Abrahamic church, 

Mic. 7: 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the 
mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers 
from the days of old. 

Gal. 3: 9 They which be of faith are blessed with faithful 
Abraham. 14 That the blessing of Abraham might come on 
the Gentiles through Jesus Christ ; that we might receive the 
promise of the Spirit through faith. 15 Brethren, I speak 
after the manner of men ; Though it he but a man's covenant, 
yet if it he confirmed, no man disannulleth or addeth thereto. 
1 6 Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. 
He saith not, And to seeds, as of many ; but as of one. And 
to thy seed, which is Christ. 17 And this I say. That the 
covenant that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, 
which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, 
that it should make the promise of none effect. 18 For if the 
inheritance he of the law, it is no more of promise : but God 
gave it to Abraham by promise. 29 And if ye he Christ's, 
then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the 
promise. 

118. God's covenant ivith the Abrahamic church involves true reli^on. 

Ex. 1 9: 5 If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my 
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above 
all people. 
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CHURCH ABRAHAMIC. 119, 120 

Circumcision — Covenant Blessings for Children. 

Lev. 26: 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they, then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 

1 K. 8: 23 He said, Lord God of Israel, there is no God 
like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest 
covenant and mercy with thy servants that walk before thee 
with all their heart. 

Ps. 78: 10 They kept not the covenant of God, and refused 
to walk in his law. 

Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; nei- 
ther is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh : 29 
But he is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is 
that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose 
praise is not of men, but of God. 

Gal. 3: 9 So then they which be of faith are blessed with 
faithful Abraham. 29 And if ye be Christ's, then are ye 
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

[See 502.] 

119. Circumcision^ the seal of the Abrahamic Covenant. 

Gen. 17: 10 This is my covenant, which ye shall keep, 
between me and you, and thy seed after thee ; every man- 
child among you shall be circumcised. 11 And ye shall cir- 
cumcise the flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall be a token of 
the covenant betwixt me and you. 12 And he that is eight 
days old shall be circumcised among you, every man-child in 
your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with 
money of any stranger which is not of thy seed. 13 He that 
is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, 
must needs be circumcised : and my covenant shall be in your 
flesh for an everlasting covenant. 

Rom. 4: 11 He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of 
the righteousness of the faith which he had yet being uncir- 
cumcised : that he might be the father of all them that believe, 
though they be not circumcised, that righteousness might be 
imputed unto them also. 

120. Did the AbraJiajiiic covenant include blessings for the posterity of 
believers ? 

Gen. 17: 7 I will establish my covenant between me and 
thee, and thy seed after thee, in their generations, for an ever- 
lasting covenant ; to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after 
thee. 19 And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a soi^ 

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121, 122 COMPANIONS. 



Good and Bad. 



indeed ; and thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I will estab- 
lish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and 
with his seed after him. — 26: 24 The Lord appeared unto 
him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy 
father : fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and 
multiply thy seed, for my servant Abraham's sake. 

Dt. 30: 19 Choose life, that both thou and thy seed may 
live. 

2 K. 13: 23 The Lord was gracious unto them, and had 
compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of 
his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not 
destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet. 

Ps. 103: 17 The mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to 
everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto 
children's children ; 18 To such as keep his covenant, and to 
those that remember his commandments to do them. 

Is. 59: 21 As for me, this is my covenant w4th them, saith 
the Lord ; My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words 
which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy 
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the 
mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and 
for ever. 

Ac. 2: 39 The promise is unto you and to your children. 
Gen. 26: 24. [See 496.] 

121. The covenant between God and the Abrahamic church permanent. 

Som. 1 5: 8 Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision 
for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the 
fathers. 

Gal. 3: 17 This I say. That the covenant that was con- 
firmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hun- 
dred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should 
make the promise of none efl^ect. 29 If ye be Christ's, then 
are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise. 

COMPANIONS. 

122. Good companions to be chosen — bad to be avoided. 

Ex. 34: 12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou make a covenant 
with the inhabitants of the land whither thou goest, lest it be 
for a snare in the midst of thee. 

Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 

of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 

in the seat of the scornful. — 26: 4 I have not sat with vain 

persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5 I have hated 

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COMPANIONS. 122 



Good and Bad. 



the congregation of evil doers ; and will not sit with the 
wicked. — 101: 7 He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within 
my house : he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. — 
119: 115 Depart from me, ye evil-doers: for I will keep the 
commandments of my God. — 1 3i): 1 9 Surely thou wilt shiy 
the wicked, O God : depart from me, therefore, ye bloody 
men. 

*rr. 1: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay w^ait for blood, let us 
lurk privily for the innocent without cause : 12 Let us swal- 
low them up alive as the grave ; and whole, as those that go 
down into the pit : 13 We shall find all precious substance, 
we shall fill our houses with spoil : 1 4 Cast in thy lot among 
us ; let us all have one purse : 15 My son walk not thou in 
the way with them ; refrain thy foot from their path : 1 6 For 
their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood : 18 And 
they lay wait for their own blood ; they lurk privily for their 
oivn lives. — 4: 1 4 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and 
go not in the way of evil men, 1 5 Avoid it, pass not by it, 
turn from it, and pass away. 1 6 For they sleep not, except 
they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless 
they cause some to fall. 1 7 For they eat the bread of wicked- 
ness, and drink the wine of violence. — 7: 24 Hearken unto 
me now therefore, O ye children, and attend to the words of 
my mouth. 25 Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go 
not astray in her paths. 26 For she hath cast down many 
wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. 27 
Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of 
death. — 12: 11 He that followeth vain persons is void of un- 
derstanding. — 13: 20 He that walketh with wise men shall be 
wise : but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. — 1 4: 7 
Go from the presence of a foolish man when thou perceivest 
not in him the lips of knowledge. — 22:24 Make no friendship 
with an angry man ; and with a furious man thou shalt not 
go : 2b Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul. 
— 24: 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire 
to be with them : 2 For their heart studieth destruction, and 
their lips talk of mischief. 21 My son, fear thou the Lord 
and the king : and meddle not with them that are given to 
change. — 28: 7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son : but he 
that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. 19 
He that tilleth his land shall have plenty of bread: but he that 
followeth diiier \2im persons shall have poverty enough. — 29: 3 
Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth his father: but he that keepeth 
company with harlots spendeth his substanee. 

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123,124: CONDESCENSION — CONFESSION OF SIN. 
Condescension required — Duty of Confessing sin. 

1 Cor. 15: 33 Evil communications corrupt good manners. 
[See 112, 115.] 

CONDESCENSION. 

123. Condescension required. 

Lk. 14: 13 When thou makest a feast, call the poor, the 
maimed, the lame, the blind ; 14 And thou shalt be blessed : 
for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recom- 
pensed at the resurrection of the just. 

Jn. 13: 14 If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed 
your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet. 

Rom. 12: 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. 
Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. 

[See 61, 228.] 

CONCESSION OF SIN. 

124. Duty and encouragement to confess sin. 

Lev. 26: 40 If they shall confess their iniquity, and the ini- 
quity of their fathers, with their trespass which they trespassed 
against me, and that also they have walked contrary unto me; 
41 And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have 
brought them into the land of their enemies ; if then their un- 
circumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity : 42 Then will I remember my 
covenant wdth Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and 
also my covenant with Abraham will I remember ; and I will 
remember the land. 

Pr. 28: 13 He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but 
whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 

Dan. 9: 20 While I w^as speaking, and praying, and confes- 
sing my sin, and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting 
my supplication before the Lord my God for the holy moun- 
tain of my God ; 21 Yea, w^hile I was speaking in prayer, 
even the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the 
beginning, being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the 
time of the evening oblation. 

Hos. 5: 14 I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young 
lion to the house of Judah : I, even I, will tear and go away ; I 
will take aw^ay, and none shall rescue him, 15 I will go and 
return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and 
seek my face : in their affliction they will seek me early. 

Jam. 5: 16 Confess your faults one to another, and pray one 
for another, that ye may be healed. 
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CONSCIENCE. 125 — 127 



Belongs ix) all — Sometimes seared ; or misinforiTied. 



1 Jn. 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
Bclves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he 
is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from 
all unrighteousness. [See 537, 603.] 

CONSCIENCE. 

125. The faculty of conscience belongs to all. 

Pr. 20: 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, 
searching all the inward parts of the belly. 

Is. 5: 3 O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, 
judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard. 

Jn. 8: 9 They which heard it^ being convicted by their own 
conscience, went out one by one. 

Rom. 2:14 When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do 
by nature the things contained in the law, these having not the 
law, are a law unto themselves. 15 Which show the work of 
the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing 
witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing, or else 
excusing one another. 

2 Cor. 4: 2 Have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty ; 
not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceit- 
fully ; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves 
to every man's conscience in the sight of God. [See 632.] 

126. A scared and defiled conscience. 

Jer. 6: 15 Were they ashamed when they had committed 
abomination ? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could 
they blush. 

Zep. 3: 5 The unjust knoweth no shame. 

1 Cor. 8: 7 Their conscience, being weak, is defiled. Heb. 
9: 14. 

1 Tim. 4: 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their con- 
science seared with a hot iron. 

Tit. 1: 15 Unto the pure all things are pure: but unto them 
that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their 
mind and conscience is defiled. 

127. Conscience, when misinfonncd, misleads. 

Jn. 1 6: 2 The time cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will 
think that he doetli God service. 

Ac. 26: 9 I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do 
many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 10 
Which thing I also did in Jerusalem : and many of the saints 
did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the 

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128 130 CONSCIENCE, 



Will awake — To be obeyed — Conscientious feelings. 



cliief priests ; and when thej were put to death, I gave my 
voice against them, 11 And I punished them oft in every 
synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being ex- 
ceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto 
strange cities. [See 363.] 

128. Conscience will not always sleep. 

Gen. 42: 21 They said one to another, We are verily guilty 
concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, 
when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this 
distress come upon us. 

Ex. 9: 27 Pharaoh sent and called for Moses and Aaron, 
and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is 
righteous, and I and my people are wicked. 

Mat. 22: 11 When the king came in to see the guests, he 
saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment : 12 
And he saith unto him. Friend, how camest thou in hither, not 
having a wedding-garment ? And he was speechless. 

Rom. 3: 19 Now we know that Avhat things soever the law 
saith, it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before 
God. [See 573(2.)] 

129. Conscience should he enlightened and obeyed. 

Ac. 23: 1 Paul, earnestly beholding the council, said. Men 
and brethren, I have lived in all good conscience before God 
until this day. — 24: 16 Herein do I exercise myself, to have 
always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward 
men. 

Rom. 13: 5 Te must needs be subject, not only for wrath, 
but also for conscience' sake. 

1 Tim. 1: 19 Holding faith and a good conscience; which 
some having put awa}/, concerning faith have made shipwreck. 

Heb. 13: 18 Pray for us : for w^e trust we have a good con- 
science, in all things willing to live honestly. 

1 Pet. 2: 19 This is thankworthy, if a man for conscience 
toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. — 3: 16 Hav- 
ing a good conscience ; that, whereas they speak evil of you, 
as of evil doers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your 
good conversation in Christ. 

130. Conscientious feelings of others to he respected. 

1 Cor. 8: 10 If any man see thee which hast knowledge, sit at 
meat in the idoFs temple, shall not the conscience of him which 
is weak be emboldened to eat those tilings which are offered 
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CONSIDERATION. 131 — 132 



Conscience — Consideration — Inconsideration. 



to idols ; 11 And through thj knowledge shall the weak 
brother perish, for whom Christ died? 12 But when ye sin 
so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye 
sin against Christ. 13 Wherefore, if meat make my brother 
to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I 
make my brother to offend. — 10: 27 If any of them that 
believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go ; what- 
soever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience' 
sake. 28 But if any man say unto you, This is offered in 
sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for 
conscience' sake : for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness 
thereof: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the 
other : for why is my liberty judged of another man's con- 
science? 

131. Conscience^ the cause of great comfort or sorrow. 

Pr. 14: 14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his 
own ways : and a good man shall he satisfied from himself. — 
18: 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a 
wounded spirit who can bear ? 

2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our con- 
science, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly 
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversa- 
tion in the world. [See 573.] 

CONSIDERATION. 

132. Consideration required — inconsideration reproved. 

Dt. 4: 39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine 
heart, that the Lord he is God. — 32: 29 Oh that they were 
wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their 
latter end ! 

Job 37: 14 Hearken unto this, O Job : stand still, and con- 
sider the wondrous works of God. 

Fs. 28: 5 Because they regard not the works of the Lord, 
nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not 
build them up. — 50: 21 These things hast thou done, and I 
kept silence ; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such a one 
as thyself: hut I will reprove thee, and set them in order before 
thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I 
tesiT you in pieces, and there he none to deliver. — 111: 4 He 
hath made his wonderful works to be remembered. 

Pr. 4: 26 Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways 
be established. — 6: 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard : consider 
her ways, and be wise. 

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133, 134 CONTENTMENT COUUAGE. 

Duty and Advantages of Contentuent — Courage required. 

Ec. 7: 13 Consider the work of God: for who can make 
that straight, which he hath made crooked ? 14 In the day of 
prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity consider. 

Is. 1 : 3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's 
crib : hut Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider. 
5: 12 The harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, 
are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the Lord, 
neither consider the operation of his hands. 13 Therefore my 
people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge. 

Hos. 7: 2 They consider not in their hearts, that I remember 
ail their w^ickedness. 

Hag. 1: 5 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your 
ways. [See 693.] 

CONTENTMENT. 

133. Duty and advantages of contentment! 

Ph. 4: 1 1 Not that I speak in respect of want : for I have 
learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. 

1 Tim. 6: 6 Godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can 
carry nothing out. 8 And having fogd and raiment, let us be 
therewith content. 

Heb. 13: 5 Let your conversation he without covetousness ; 
and he content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [See Q'!^."] 

COURAGE. 

134. Courage and resolution required and exemplified — promises. 

Dt. 31: 6 Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be 
afraid of them : for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go 
with thee, he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee. 

Josh. 1:9 Be strong and of a good courage ; be not afraid, 
neither be thou dismayed : for the Lord thy God is w4th thee 
whithersoever thou goest. 

1 Ch. 28: 20 David said to Solomon his son. Be strong, and 
of good courage, and do it : fear not, nor be dismayed, for the 
Lord God, e^?e?^ my God will he v^'iih. thee; he will not fail 
thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for 
the service of the house of the Lord. 

2 Ch. 19: 11 Deal courageously, and the Lord shall be with 
the good. 

Ezra 1 0: 2 Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of 
Elam, answered and said unto Ezra, We have trespassed 
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COURTESY COVETOUSNE36. 135 137 

Courtesy required — Covetousness prevalent — forbidden. 

against our God, and have taken strange wives of the people 
of the land : yet now there is hope in Israel concerning this 
thing. 3 Now therefore let us make a covenant with our God 
to put away all the wives, and such as are born of them, 
according to the counsel of my lord, and of those that tremble 
at the commandment of our God ; and let it be done according to 
the law. 4 Arise ; for this matter beloageth unto thee : we also 
will be with thee : be of good courage, and do it, 5 Then arose 
Ezra, and made the chief priests, the Levites, and all Israel, to 
swear that they should do according to this word. 

Neh. 6: 11 I said, should such a man as I flee ? and who is 
there, that, being as I am^ would go into the temple to save his 
life ? I will not go in. 

Ps. 27: 14 Wait on the Lord : be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen thine heart : wait, I say, on the Lord. 

31: 24 Be of good courage, and he shall strengthen your 
heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. [See 460, 461.] 

COURTESY. 

135. Courtesy exemplified and required. 

Mat. 26: 50 Jesus said unto him, [Judas] Friend, wherefore 
art thou come ? 

Ac. 27: 3 Julius courteously entreated Paul, and gave him 
liberty to go unto his friends to refresh himself. 

28: 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief 
man of the island, whose name was Publius ; who received us, 
and lodged us three days courteously. 

1 Pet. 3: 8 Finally, be ye afl of one mind, having compas- 
sion one of another ; love as brethi-en, be pitiful, be courteous. 

[See 459.] 

COVETOUSNESS. 

136. Prevalence of covetousness. 

Ph. 2: 21 All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus 
Christ's. [See 689, and " Spurious" in the Index.] 

137. Covetousness forbidden — cautions. 

Ex. 20: 17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou 
shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man servant, nor 
his maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is 
thy neighbor's. 

Pr. 28: 1 6 The prince that wanteth understanding is also a 
great oppressor : but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong 
his days. 

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138 COVETOUSNESS. 



Threatened and punished. 



Lk. 12: 15 He said unto them, Take heed, and beware of 
covetousness : for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance 
of the things which he possesseth. 16 And he spake a para- 
ble unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought 
forth plentifully: 17 And bethought within himself, saying, 
What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my 
fruits ? 18 And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my 
barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits 
and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast 
much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink 
and be merry. 20 But God said unto him. Thou fool, this 
night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those 
things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth 
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 

Ep. 5: 3 Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, 
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints. 

Ph. 2: 4 Look not every man on his own things, but every 
man also on the things of others. 

Col. 3: 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon 
the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 

Heb. 13: 5 Let your conversation he without covetousness ; 
and he content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, 
I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. [See 174, 413.] 

138. Threats and punishment for the covetous. 

Ps. 10: 3 The wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and 
blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

Is. 57: 17 For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, 
and smote him : I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frow- 
ardly in the way of his heart. 

Mic. 2: 2 They covet fields, and take them by violence ; and 
houses, and take them away : so they oppress a man and his 
house, even a man and his heritage. 3 Therefore thus saith 
the Lord ; Behold, against this family do I devise an evil, 
from which ye shall not remove your necks ; neither shall ye 
go haughtily : for this time is evil. 

Hab. 2: 9 Wo to him that coveteth an evil covetousness to 
his house, that he may set his nest on high, that he may be 
delivered from the power of evil ! 

1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner : with such an one no not to eat 
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CREATION. 139, 140 



The effect of divine Power. 



6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, 
nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheri- 
tance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 

Jude 1 1 Wo unto them ! for they have gone in the way of 
Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, 
and perished in the gainsaying of Core. [See 733.] 

CREATION. 

139. Creation^ the effect of divine power. 

Gen. 1: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the 
earth. 

Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, a7^t Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all. 

Ps. 33: 6 By the word of the Lord were the heavens 
made ; and all the host of them by the breath of his mouth. 
9 For he spake, and it was done ; he commanded, and it stood 
fast. 

Is. 42: 5 Thus saitli God the Lord, he that created the 
heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the 
earth, and that which cometh out of it ; he that giveth breath 
unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein. 

Jn. 1: 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was 
with God, and the Word was God. 3 All things were 
made by him ; and without him was not anything made that 
was made. 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt 
among us. 

Ep. 3: 9 God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. 

Col. 1: 16 By him were all things created, that are in 
heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether 
they he thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers : all 
things were created by him, and for him. 

Heb. 3: 4 Every house is builded by some maji ; but he that 
built all things is God. 

Rev. 4:11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for 
thy pleasure they are and were created. 

140. How long was God in creating the world? 

Gen. 2: 1 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and 
all the host of -them. 2 And on the seventh day God ended 

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141 — 143 CREATION — ^ CUSTOM. 

Use of the Stars — Wisdom of Creation — Power of Custom. 

his work which he had made ; and he rested on the seventh 
day from all his work which he had made. 4 These are the 
generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were 
created, in the day that the Lord God made the earth and the 
heavens. 

Ex. 20: \\ In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
the sea and all that in them is. 

141. Use of ihe heavenly bodies^ or, astronomic divinity. 

Gen. 1: 14 God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of 
the heaven, to divide the day from the night ; and let them be 
for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years. 15 And 
let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give 
light upon the earth : and it was so. 1 6 And God made tw^o 
great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser 
light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 17 And God 
set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the 
earth, 18 And to rule over the day, and over the night, and 
to divide the light from the darkness. 

Jer. 31: 35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for 
a light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars 
for a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves 
thereof roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name. 

142. The icorlcs of creation indicate loisdom. 

Ps. 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the 
firmament sheweth his handy-work. 2 Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. — 104: 24 O 
Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made 
them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 

Pr. 3: 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by 
understanding hath he established the heavens. 20 By his 
knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down 
the dew. 

Jer. 10:12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath 
established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out. 
the heavens by his discretion. [See 222.] 

CUSTOM. 

143. Power of sinful customs. 

Jer. 10: 2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the 

heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven ; for the 

heathen are dismayed at them. 3 For the customs of the 

people are vain. — 13: 23 Can the Ethiopian change his skin, 

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DEATH. 144 146 



Death by Sin — all must die — time of appointed. 



or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are 
accustomed to do evil. 

Rom. 7: 19 The good that I would, I do not; but the evil 
which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would 
not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 
I find then a law, that when I would do good, evil is present 
with me. 23 But I see another law in my members warring 
against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to 
the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man 
that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? 

[See 166, 507.] 

DEATH. 

144. Deaths the consequence of sin. 

Eom. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and 
death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all 
have sinned. 17 For if by one man's offence death reigned 
by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace, 
and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, 
Jesus Christ. 

145. All men must die. 

Gen. 3: 19 Dust thou art^ and unto dust shalt thou return. 

Job 16: 22 When a few years are come, then I shall go the 
way whence I shall not return. — 30: 23 I know that thou wilt 
bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. 

Ps. 89: 48 What man is he that liveth, and shall not see 
d^ath ? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave ? 

Ec. 8: 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to 
retain the spirit : neither hath he power in the day of death : 
and there is no discharge in that war ; neither shall wickedness 
deliver those that are given to it. 

Zech. 1: 5 Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, 
do they live for ever ? 

Heb. 9: 27 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after 
this the judgment. 

146. Tiie time of our death appointed. 

Job 1:1 Is there not an appointed time to man upon earth ? 
are not his days also like the days of a hireling? — 14: 5 Seeing 
his days are determined, the number of his months is with thee, 
thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass ; 6 Turn 
from him, that he may rest, . till he shall accomplish, as a 
hireling, his day. 14 All the days of my appointed time will 
I wait, till my change come. 

10* 113 



147, 148 DEATH. 



God's Agency in — Soon approaches. 



147. God givetk and tahth aumj human life, 

Dt. 32: 89 See now that I, even I, am lie, and there is no god 
with me : I kill, and I make alive : I wound, and I heal : neither 
is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 

1 8. 2: 6 The Lord killeth, and maketh alive : he bringeth 
down to the grave, and bringeth up. 

Ps. 'o^. 20 Unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. 

Dan. 5: 23 The God in whose hand thy breath 2*5, and whose 
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. [See 3.] 

148. Shortness and vanity of life. 

Gen 47: 9 Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years 
of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil 
have the days of the years of my life been. 

1 Ch. 29: 15 We are strangers before thee, and sojourners, 
as were all our fathers : our days on the earth are as a shadow, 
and there is none abiding. 

Job 8: 9 (We are but of yesterday, and know nothing, be- 
cause our days upon earth are a shadow.) — 9: 25 My days 
are swifter than a post : they flee away, they see no good. 26 
They are passed away as the swift ships : as the eagle that 
hasteth to the prey. — 14: 1 Man that is born of a woman is 
of few days, and full of trouble. 2 He cometh forth like a 
flower, and is cut down : he fleeth also as a shadow, and con- 
tinueth not. 

Ps. 39: 5 Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand- 
breadth ; and mine age is as nothing before thee : verily every 
man at his best state is altogether vanity. — 90: 10 The d^ys 
of our years are threescore years and ten ; and if by reason of 
strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labor and 
sorrow ; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. — 103: 15 ^5 
for man, his days are as grass : as a flower of the field, so 
he flourisheth. 16 For the wind passeth over it, and it is 
gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. — 144: 4 
Man is like to vanity : his days are as a shadow that passeth 
away. 

Is. 40: 6 The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I 
cry ? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the 
flower of the field : 7 The grass withereth, the flower fadeth : 
because the spiitt of the Lord bloweth upon it : surely the 
people is grass. — 64: 6 We all do fade as a leaf ; and our 
iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. 

Jam. 4:14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. 
For what is your life ? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for 
a little time, and then vanisheth away. 
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DEATH. 149 151 



Often sudden — Closes intercourse with earth — In old age. 



1 Pet. 1 : 24 All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man 
as the flower of grass. The grass vvithereth, and the flower 
thereof falleth away. [See 726-7.] 

149. Death often sudden and unexpected. 

1 S. 20: 3 T//ere is but a step between me and death. I 

Ps. 102: 23 He weakened my strength in the way, he short- 
ened my days. 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the 
midst of my days. 

Ec. 9: 12 Man also knoweth not his time : as the fishes that 
are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the 
snare ; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it 
falleth suddenly upon them. [See 385.] 

150. Death doses intercourse with earth. 

Job 7: 8 The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no 
more. 9 As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away : so he 
that goeth dow^n to the grave shall come up no more. 1 He 
shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know 
him any more. — 14: 7 There is hope of a tree, if it be cut 
down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch 
thereof will not cease. 8 Though the root thereof wax old in 
the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground ; 9 Yet 
through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs 
like a plant. 10 But man dieth, and wasteth away : yea, man 
giveth up the ghost, and where is he ? 11 As the waters fail 
from the sea, and the flood decay eth and drieth up : 12 So 
man lieth down, and riseth not : till the heavens be no more, 
they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. 19 
Thou destroyest the hope of man. 20 Thou prevailest for ever 
against him, and he passeth : thou changest his countenance, 
and sendest him away. 21 His sons come to honor, and he 
know^eth it not ; and they are brought low, but he perceiveth it 
not of them. 

Lk. 16: 27 He said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou 
wouldest send him to my father's house : 28 For I have five 
brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come 
into this place of torment. 29 Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. 

151. A late death, or old age desirable. 

Gen. 15: 15 Thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace : thou shall 
be buried in a good old age. 

Ps. 91: 16 With long life w^ill I satisfy him, and shew him 
my salvation. — 102: 24 I said, O my God, take me not away 

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152, 153 DEATH. 



The soul dies not — Desirable to the righteous. 



in the midst of my days : thy years are throughout all gen- 
erations. 

Pr. 3; 1 6 Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her 
left hand riches and honor. 

Is. 38: 18 The grave cannot praise thee, death cannot cele- 
iDrate thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy 
truth. 19 The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do 
this day : the father to the children shall make known thy truth. 

152. Death does not destroy^ or hold the soul in slumber. 

Ec. 3: 21 Who know^eth the spirit of man that goeth upward, 
and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth ? — 
12: 7 Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the 
spirit shall return unto God who gave it. 

Mat. 22: 32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of 
Isaac, and the God of Jacob. God is not the God of the dead, 
but of the living. 

Lk. 16: 22 It came to pass, that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and was buried : 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
his bosom. — 23: 43 Jesus said unto him. Verily I say unto 
thee. To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise. 

Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and say 
ing, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 

2 Cor. 5: 8 We are conhdent, I say, and willing rather to be 
absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord. 

Ph. 1: 23 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better. 

Heb. 12: 23 The spirits of just men made perfect. 

Rev. 6: 9 When he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under 
the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, 
and for the testimony w^iich they held. [See 422.] 

153. Death desirable to the righteous — fear of , overcome. 

Job 3: 17 There the wicked cea?efrom troubling ; and there 
the weary be at rest. 18 There the prisoners rest together ; 
they hear not the voice of the oppressor. — 7: 16 I would not 
live alway. 

Ps. 23: 4 Though I walk through the valley of the shadow 
of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and 
thy staff they comfort me. — 31:5 Into thine hand I commit 
my spirit : thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth. — 
37: 37 Mark the perfect ?nan, and behold the upright: for the 
end of that man is peace. — 116: 15 Precious in the sight of the 
Lord IS the death of his saints. 
116 



DEATH. 154, 1.59 



Waiting for — Dreadful to the wicked. 



Pr. 1 4: 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : but 
the righteous hath hope in his death. 

Is. 57: 1 The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to 
heart : and merciful men are taken away, none considering that 
the righteous is taken away from the evil to come, 2 He shall 
enter into peace : they shall rest in their beds, each one walking 
in his uprightness. 

1 Cor. 3: 2*^ Or life, or death, or things present, or things to 
come; all are yours. — 15: 54 So when this corruptible shall 
have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on 
immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is 
written, Death is swallowed up in victory, bb O death, where 
is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? b^ The sting 
of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. 57 But 
thanks he to God, which giveth us the victory, through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 5: 1 We know that if our earthly house of this taber- 
nacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not 
made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 8 We are confident, 
I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be 
present with the Lord. 

Ph. 1: 21 To me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 

Rev. 14: 13 I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, 
Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from hence- 
forth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labors ; and their works do follow them. 

154. Patient waiting for death. 

Job 14: f 4 If a man die, shall he live again ? all the days of 
my appointed time wiU I wait, till my change come. 

Lam. 3: 26 It is good that a man should both hope and 
quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 

Ph. 1: 23 I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to 
depart, and to be with Christ ; which is far better : 24 Never- 
theless, to abide in the flesh is more needful for you. 25 And 
having this confidence, I know that I shall abide and continue 
with you all for your furtherance and joy of faith. [See 498.] 

155. Death dreadful to the wicked. 

Job 27: 19 The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not 
be gathered : he openeth his eyes, and he is not. 20 Terrors 
take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in 
the night. 21 The east wind carrieth him away, and he 
departeth : and as a storm hurleth him out of his place. 22 
For God shall cast upon him, and not spare : he would fain flee 
out of his hand. 

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1596 DEATH. 

Preparation for. 



Lk. 12: 20 God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul 
shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be 
which thou hast provided ? 

Heb. 10: 31 i^ 25 a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the 
living God. [See 564.J 

156. Preparation for death required and exemplified, 

Ps. 90: 12 So teach us to number our daySj^that we may 
apply oar hearts unto wisdom. 

Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 
might ; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor 
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

Mat. 24: 44 Be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye 
think not, the Son of man cometh. 

Lk. 12: 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights 
burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for 
their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that, when 
he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. 
37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh 
shall find watching. 

1 Cor. 1 : 7 So that ye come behind in no gift ; waiting for 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ : 8 Who shall also con- 
firm you unto the end, that ye may he blameless in the day of 
our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Cor. 4: 18 While we look not at the things which are 
seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things 
which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not 
seen are eternal. 

Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven ; from whence also 
we look for the Saviour. 

Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world; 13 Looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our 
Saviour Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore 
sober, and watch unto prayer. 

2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy con- 
versation and godliness. [See 727.] 

N. B. — For Spiritual Death, see 165; and, for the Second 
Death, see 563. 
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DEPRAVITY. 157 159 



The fall and its effects — Guilt personal. 



DEPRAVITY. 

157. Fall of man, and its immediate effects. 

Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not 
surely die : 5 For God doth know, that in the day ye eat 
thereof, then your eyes shall be opened ; and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. 6 And when the woman saw 
that the tree tvas good for food, and that it teas pleasant to the 
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make 07ie wise ; she took of 
the fruit thereof, and did eat ; and gave also unto her husband 
with her, and he did eat. 1 4 The Lord God said unto the ser- 
pent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, 
and above every beast of the field. 1 6 Unto the woman he said, I 
will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception ; in sorrow 
thou shalfc bring forth children : and thy desire shall be to thy 
husband, and he shall rule over thee. 17 And unto Adam he 
said. Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, 
and hast eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee, saying, 
Thou shalt not eat of it : cursed is the ground for thy sake ; in 
sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life ; 1 8 Thorns 
also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee ; and thou shalt 
eat the herb of the field: 19 In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground ; for out of it 
wast thou taken : for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou 
return. 

Ec. 7: 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made 
man upright; but they have sought out many inventions. 

^ 158. Consequences of AdairCs fall upon his posterity . 

Rom. 5: 12 As by one man sin entered into the world, and 
death by sin ; and so death passed upon all men, for that all 
have sinned. 1 8 Therefore as by the offence of one judgment 
came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the righteous- 
ness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of 
life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many were made sin- 
ners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. 

1 Cor. 15: 22 As in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall 
all be made ahve. 

1 59 Ill-desert not imputed, without personal transgression. 

Dt. 24: 16 The father shall not be put to death for the 
cnildren, neither shall the children be but to death for the 
fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin. 
[2 K. 14: 6.] 

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1 60—1 63 DEPRAVITY. 



Nature of — implies knowledge — is universal. 



Ezk. 18: 2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb con- 
cerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour 
grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge? 20 The 
soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the 
iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity 
of the son : the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon 
him. and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him. 
[Jer. 31: 29, 30.] 

1 60. Nature of moral depravity. 

Hos. 10: 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit 
unto himself. 

Col. 3: 5 Covetousness, which is idolatry. 

1 Jn. 5: 17 All unrighteousness is sin. [See 689.] 

161. No sin, without law and knowledge. 

Jn. 9: 41 If ye were blind, ye should have no sin. — 15: 22 
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had 
sin ; but now they have no cloak for their sin. 

Rom. 3: 19 We know that what things soever the law saith, 
it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth 
may be stopped, and all the w^orld become guilty before God. 
- — 4: 15 Where no law is, there is no transgression. — 5: 13 
(For until the law, sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed 
when there is no law.) . 

Jam. 4: 17 To him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it 
not, to him it is sin. [See»309.] 

162. Depravity^ not founded in mere ignorance, 

R,om. 1: 21 When they knew God they glorified him not as 
God, neither were thankful. [See 690.] 

163. Human depravity universal. 

Gen. 6: 12 God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was 
corrupt : for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 

Ps. 14: 1 They are corrupt, they have done abominable 
works, there is none that doeth good. 2 The Lord looked 
down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there 
were any that did understand, and seek God. 3 They are all 
gone aside, they are all together become filthy : there is none 
that doeth good, no, not one. 

Eom. 3: 9 What then, are we better than they ? No, in no 

wise : for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles, that 

they are all under sin ; 10 As it is written. There is none 

righteous, no, not one : 1 1 There is none that understandeth, 

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DEPRAVITY. 164 165 

Native Depravity — Total Sinfuliiess by Nature. 

there is none that seeketh after God. 12 They are all gone 
out of the way, they are together become unprofitable : there 
is none that doeth good, no, not one. 23 All have sinned, and 
come short of the glory of God. — 5; 12 As by one man sin 
entered into the world, and death by sin ; and so death passed 
upon all men, for that all have sinned. 

Gal. 3: 21 If there had been a law given which could have 
given life, verily righteousness should have been by the law. 
22 But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the 
promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that 
believe. [See 576.] 

164. Native depravity. 

Job. 11: 12 Vain man w^ould be wise, though man be bom 
like a wild ass's colt. — 14: 4 Who can bring a clean thing out 
of an unclean ? not one. — 15: 14 What is man, that he should 
be clean ? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be 
righteous ? 

Ps. 51: 5 Behold I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did 
my mother conceive me. — 58: 3 The wicked are estranged 
from the womb : they go astray as soon as they be bom, 
speaking lies. 

Pr. 22: 15 Foohshness is bound in the heart of a child. 

Is. 48: 8 I knew that thou wouldest deal very treacherously, 
and wast called a transgressor from the womb. 

Jn. 3: 6 That which is born of the flesh, is flesh ; and that 
which is born of the Spirit, is spirit. 

Rom. 3: 10 There is none righteous, no not one, 20 There- 
fore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be justified 
in his sight. 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the 
glory of God. — 5: 12 Death passed upon all men, for that all 
have sinned. 14 Death reigned from Adam to Moses, even 
over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's 
transgression. 

2 Cor. 5: 14 If one died for all, then were all dead. 

Ep. 2: 3 And were by nature the children of wrath, even as 
others. 

165. Total sinfulness hy nature. 

Gen. 6: 5 God saw that the wickedness of man was great 
in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 

Ps. 5: 9 There is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their inward 
part is very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepulchre ; 
they flatter with their tongue. 

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166 DEPRAVITY. 



Strength of, or moral inability. 



Pr. 21: 4 The ploughing of the wicked is sin. 

Ee. 8: 1 1 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. — 9: 3 This is an evil among all things 
that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all : 
yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil. 

2 Cor. 5: 14 If one died for all, then were all dead. 

Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quicke?ied, who were dead in trespasses 
and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobe- 
dience : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 12 That at that time ye were without 
Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and 
without God in the world. 

Col. 2: 13 You, being dead in your sins and the uncircum- 
dsion of your flesh, hath he quickened. 

[See 546, 589, 688—690.] 

166. Strength and obstinacy of human depravity — Moral inahilittf. 

Gen. 37: 4 When his brethren saw that their father loved 
him more than all his brethren, they hated him, and could not 
speak peaceably unto him. 

Ex. 32: 9 The Lord said unto Moses, I have seen this peo- 
ple, and behold, it is a stiff-necked people. [Dt. 9: 6, 13.] 

Jos. 24: 19 Joshua said unto the people. Ye cannot serve 
the Lord : for he is an holy God. 

Pr. 5: 22 His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, 
and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. — 27: 22 
Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat 
with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. 

Ec. 9: 3 This is an evil among all things that are done un- 
der the sun, that there is one event unto all : yea, also the 
heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their 
heart while they live, and after that they go to the dead. 

Is. 48: 4 I knew that thou art obstinate, and thy neck is an 
iron sinew, and thy brow brass. 

Jer. 2: 22 Though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee 
much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the 
Lord God. — 3: 5 Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil 
things as thou couldest. — 6: 10 Behold, their ear is uncircum- 
cised, and they cannot hearken : behold, the word of the Lord 
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DEPRAVITY. 167 



Works of darkness. 



is unto them a reproach; they have no dehght in it. — 13: 23 
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? 
then may ye also do good that are accustomed to do evil. — 17: 1 
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the 
point of a diamond : it is graven upon the table of their heart, 
and upon the horns of your altars. 9 The heart is de- 
ceitful above ail things^ and desperately wicked: who can 
know it.'^ 

Mat. 7: 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither 
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. — 12: 34 O generation 
of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things ? for out 
of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. — 17: 17 
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse gen- 
eration, how long shall I be with you ? how long shall I suffer 
you? — 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can 
ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

Jn. 6: 44 No man can come to me, except the Father wliich 
hath sent me draw him. 65 And he said. Therefore said I 
unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given 
unto him of my Father. 

Rom. 8: 7 Because the carnal mind is enmity against God : 
for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. 
8 So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God. 

[See 689, 690, 740.] 

167. Works of darkness described and denounced. 

Job 24: 14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the 
poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15 The eye 
also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying. No eye 
shall see me: and disguiseth /^^5 face. 16 In the dark they 
dig through houses, vjkich they had marked for themselves in 
the day-time : they know not the light. 17 For the morning 
is to them even as the shadow of death : if 07ie know theniy 
they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. 

Pr. 7: 6 At the window of my house I looked through my 
casement, 7 And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned 
among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 
Passing through the street near her corner ; and he went the 
way to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the 
black and dark night. 

Is. 29: 15 Y^o unto them that seek deep to hide their coun- 
sel from the Lord, and their works are in the dark, and they 
say, Who seeth us ? and who knoweth us ? 

Ezk. 8: 12 Then said he unto me, Son of man, hast thou 
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, 

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168 — 170 BEPRAYITT. 



Restraints — Identity of Bin — Human nature untrusty. 



every man in the cliambers of his imagery ? for they say, The 
Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 

Ep. 5: 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of 
darkness, but rather reprove them. 12 It is a shame even to 
speak of those things which are done of them in secret. 

168. jRemoving restraints develops depravity. 

Ex. 8: 15 When Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he 
hardened his heart. — 32: 22 Aaron said, Let not the anger of 
my lord w^ax hot : thou knowest the people, that they are set 
on mischief. 23 For they said unto me, Make us gods which 
shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become 
of him. 

Jud. 2: 7 The people served the Lord all the days of Joshua, 
and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had 
seen all the great works of the Lord, that he did for Israel. 
8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of the Lord, died. 
10 And also all that generation were gathered unto their fa- 
thers : and there arose another generation after them, which 
knew not the Lord, nor yet the works which he had done for 
Israel. 1 1 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, find served Baalim. 

Ec. 8: 1 1 Because sentence against an evil work is not ex- 
ecuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. 

169. Human nature essentially the same in all ages. 

Pr. 27: 19 As in water face answer eth to face, so the heart 
of man to man. 

Mat. 23: 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, 
that ye are the cliildren of them which killed the prophets. 

[See 163.] 

170. Human nature untrusty — Cautions. 

Ps. 146: 3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of 

man, in whom there is no help. 4 His breath goeth forth, he 
returneth to his earth ; in that very day his thoughts perish. 

Pr. 25: 19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble 
is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint. — 28: 26 He that 
trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

Is. 2: 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: 
for wherein is he to be accounted of? 

Jer. 17:5 Thus saith llie Lord; Cursed 5e the man that 
trusteth in man, a-nd maketh iiesh his arm, and whose heart 
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DESPONDENCY — DISCRETION, ETC. 171, 172 

Despondency reproved — Duty of discretion. 

departeth from the Lord. 6 For he shall be like the heath 
in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh ; but shall 
inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and 
not inhabited. 

Mic. 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in 
a guide : keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in 
thy bosom. 

DESPONDENCY. 

171. Despondency exemplified and reproved. 

Gen. 37: 34 Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon 
his loins, and mourned for his son many days. 35 And aU his 
sons and all his daughters rose up to comfort him ; but he re- 
fused to be comforted ; and he said. For I will go down into 
the grave unto my son mourning. 

Jos. 7: 6 Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon 
his face before the ark of the Lord until the even-tide, he and 
the elders of Israel, and put dust upon their heads. 7 And 
Joshua said, Alas ! O Lord God, wherefore hast thou at all 
brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of 
the Amorites, to destroy us .'^ 10 And the Lord said unto 
Joshua, Get thee up ; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face ? 

Ps. 42: 5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul ? and why 
art thou disquieted in me ? hope thou in God : for I shall yet 
praise him for the help of his countenance. 

Pr. 12: 25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop. 

Jer. 18: 11 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I frame evil 
against you, and devise a device against you : return ye now 
every one from his evil way, and make your ways and your 
doings good. 12 And they said. There is no hope : but we 
will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the 
imagination of his evil heart. 

Mat. 27: 5 He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, 
and departed, and went and hanged himself. [See 24, 700.] 

DISCRETION — PRUDENCE — ECONOMY. 

172. Duty and advantage of discretion^ etc. 

Pr. 2: 11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall 
keep thee : 12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man^ 
from the man that speaketh froward things. — 3: 21 My son, 
let not them depart from thine eyes : keep sound wisdom and 
discretion : 22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace 
to thy neck. 23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, an4 

11* 125 



173, 174 DRESS — ENVY. 



Plain Dress — Env}^ to be avoided. 



thy foot shalt not stumble. — 8: 12 I Wisdom dwell with pru- 
dence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. — 11: 22 
As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which 
is without discretion. — 12: 16 A fool's wrath is presently 
known: but a prudent man covereth shame. — 19: 11 The dis- 
cretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to 
pass over a transgression. 

Jn. 6: 12 When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, 
Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. 

DRESS. 

173. Plain dress recommended. 

1 Tim. 2: 9 In like manner also, that women adorn them- 
selves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety ; 
not with broidered hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array, 10 
But (which becometh women professing godliness) wdth good 
works. 

1 Pet. 3: 3 Wlaose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of 
putting on of apparel ; 4 But let it he the hidden man of the 
heart, in that which is not corruptible, eveii the ornament of a 
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great 
price. 5 For after this manner in the old time the holy women 
also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in sub- 
jection unto their own husbands. 

ENVY. 

174. Envy a common and foolish sin — prohibitions. 

Gen. 30: 1 When Rachel saw that she bare Jacob no chil- 
dren, Rachel envied her sister ; and said unto Jacob, Give me 
children, or else I die. 

Job 5: 2 Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

Ps. 37: 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be 
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. — 106: 16 They 
envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the 
Lord. 

Pr. 3: 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of 
his ways. — 14: 30 A sound heart is the life of the flesh, but 
envy the rottenness of the bones. — 23: 17 Let not thy heart 
envy sinners. — 24: 1 Be not thou envious against evil men, 
neither desire to be with them : 2 For their heart studieth 
destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. 19 Fret not thy- 
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ERROR. 175 



Prevalent and destructive. 



self because of evil men, neither be thou envious at the wicked; 
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil jnan ; the candle 
of the wicked shall be put out. — 27: 4 Wrath is cruel, and 
anger is outrageous ; but who is able to stand before envy ? 

Ec. 4: 4 Again, I considered all travail, and every right 
work, that for this a man is envied of his neighbor. 

Mat. 27: 17 Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barab- 
bas, or Jesus, which is called Christ? 18 (For he knew that 
for envy they had delivered him.) 

Ac. 7: 9 The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into 
Egypt. — 13: 45 When the Jews saw the multitudes, they were 
filled with envy, and spake against those things which w^ere 
spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. — 17:5 The 
Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them 
certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, 
and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of 
Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people. 

Rom. 13: 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day : not in riot- 
ing and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not 
in strife and envying. 

Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobe- 
dient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

Jam. 3: 14 If ye have bitter envying and strife in your 
hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. 15 This wis- 
dom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devil- 
ish. 16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion 
and every evil work. 

1 Pet. 2: 1 Laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hy- 
pocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new-born 
babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow 
thereby. [See 137.] 

ERROE. 
175. Error prevalent^ corrupting and ruinous. 

Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand 7^^5 errors ? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults. 

Pr. 19: 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction thatcauseth 
to err from the words of knowledge. 

Ec. 7: 29 Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made 
man upright ; but they have sought out many inventions. 

Mat. 16: 12 Then understood they how that he bade them 
not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

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176, 177 ERROR. 



Tries mankind — Errorists to be avoided. 



1 Cor. 15: 33 Be not deceived : Evil cotyi m unications corrupt 
good manners. 

Gal. 1: 6 I marvel that je are so soon removed from him 
that called you into the grace of Christ, unto another gospel : 
7 Which is not another ; but there be some that trouble you, 
and would pervert the gospel of Christ. — 5: 9 A little leaven 
leaveneth the whole lump. 

2 Th. 2: 11 For this cause God shall send them strong de- 
lusion, that they should believe a lie : 12 That they all might 
be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in 
unrighteousness. 

2 Tim. 2: 16 Shun profane and vain babblings: for they 
will increase unto more ungodliness. 17 And their word will 
eat as doth a canker ; of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus ; 
18 Who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resur- 
rection is past already, and overthrow the faith of some. 

Jam. 5: 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the 
simier from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, 
and shall hide a multitude of sins. 

2 Pet. 2: 1 There were false prophets also among the peo- 
ple, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who priv- 
ily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord 
that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. 
— 3: 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things be- 
fore, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the 
wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. [See 183, 477.] 

176. Heresies and errors designed and adapted to try mankind. 

1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among you, that 
they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 
[See 243.] 

177. Fellowship with errorists to he avoided. 

Gal. 1: 8 Though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any 
other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto 
you, let him be accursed. 9 As we said before, so say I now 
again. If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that 
ye have received, let him be accursed. 

1 Tim. 6: 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 

Tit. 3: 10 A man that is a heretic, after the first and second 
admonition, reject ; 11 Knowing that he that is such, is sub- 
verted, and sinneth, being condemned of himself. 

[See 112, 115, 477.] 
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EXAMPLE EXTKAVAGANCE. 178 180 

Example, good, required and to be followed — Extravagance sinful. 

■ .... I I . « 

EXAMPLE. 

178. Good examples required. 

Mat. 5: 16 Let your light so sliine before men, that they 
may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in 
heaven. 

Col. 4: 5 Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, re- 
deeming the time. 

1 Tim. 4: 1 2 Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

Tit. 2: 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good 
works : in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, 
8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say 
of you. 

179. Good examples to he followed — had^ to he avoided. 

Ex. 23: 2 Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil. 

Mat. 23: 3 All therefore Avhatsoever they bid you observe, 
that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they 
say, and do not. 

1 Cor. 11: 1 Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of 
Christ. 

Ph. 3: 17 Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark 
them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. 

Heb. 6: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them 
who through faith and patience inherit the promises. — 13: 7 
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have 
spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith follow, consid- 
ering the end of their conversation. 

Jam. 5:10 Take, my brethren, the prophets, who have spoken 
in the name of the Lord, for an example of suffering affliction 
and of patience. 

1 Pet. 2: 21 For even hereunto were ye called : because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should 
follow his steps. 

3 Jn. 11 Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that 
which is good. 

EXTRA VAG^iKCE — PRODIGALITY. 

180. Extravagance and prodigality sinful — Examples. 

1 K. 11: 1 King Solomon loved many strange women, to- 
gether with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, 

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181, 182 FAITH. 

Nature of — counted for righteousness. 

Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites: 3 He had 
seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines : 
and his wives turned away his heart. 

Ec. 2: 10 Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from 
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy. 

Lk. 15: 13 Not many days after, the younger son gathered 
all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there 
wasted his substance with riotous living. 17 And when he 
came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my 
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with 
hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee. — 16: 19 There was a certain rich man, which Vv^as 
clothed in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every 
day: 22 The rich man also died, and was buried: 23 And in hell 
he lifted up his eyes, being in torments. [See 173, 199, 625.] 

FAITH. 

181. Nature of true faith. 

Rom. 10: 9 If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord 
Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised 
him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. 10 For with the 
heart, man believeth unto righteousness ; and with the mouth, 
confession is made unto salvation. 

Heb. 11: 1 Faith is the substance of things hoped for, and 
the evidence of things not seen. 

182. Faith counted for righteousness. 

Rom. 4: 3 What saith the scripture ? Abraham believed 
God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. 4 Now 
to him that worketh, is the reward not reckoned of grace, but 
of debt. 5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him 
that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteous- 
ness. 6 Even as David also describeth the blessedness of the 
man unto whom God imputeth righteousness without works, 
7 Saying^ Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and 
whose sins are covered. 8 Blessed is the man to whom the 
Lord will not impute sin. 1 1 He received the sign of circum- 
cision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had yet 
beino^ un circumcised : that he mio^ht be the father of all of 
them that believe, though they be not circumcised, that right- 
eousness might be imputed unto them also. 
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FAITH. 183 



Its necessity. 



183. Faith in Christy and belief of the truth ^ required as necessary to sal- 
vation. 

Mk. 16: 15 He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 1 6 He that believeth and 
is baptized, shall be saved; but he that beheveth not, shall be 
damned. 

Jn. 1: 12 As many as received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 
name. — 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever beheveth on him, should not 
perish, but have everlasting life. 18 He that believeth in him, 
is not condemned: but he that believeth not, is condemned 
already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only 
begotten Son of God. 36 He that believeth on the Son hath 
everlasting life : and he that believeth not the Son, shall not 
see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. — 6: 28 Then 
said they unto him. What shall we do, that we might work the 
works of God? 29 Jesus answered and said unto them. This 
is the work of God, that ye beheve on him whom he hath sent. 
40 This is the will of him that sent me, that every one which 
seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life : 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 53 Then Jesus said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you. Except ye eat the 
flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in 
you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath 
eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. — 8: 24 If 
ye beheve not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins. 47 He 
that is of God, heareth God's words : ye therefore hear them 
not, because ye are not of God. — 11: 25 Jesus said unto her, 
I am the resurrection, and the life : he that believeth in me, 
though he were dead, yet shall he live : 26 And whosoever 
liveth, and beheveth in me, shall never die. 

Ac. 10: 43 To him give all the prophets witness, that through 
his name whosoever believeth in him shall receive remission 
of sins. — 16: 31 Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou 
shalt be saved, and thy house. 

Rom. 10: 4 Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to 
every one that believeth. 

Gal. 2: 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works 
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have 
believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith 
of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works 
of the law shall no flesh be justified. 

2 Th. 2: 10 With all deceivableness of unrighteousness in 

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Examples of. 



them that perish ; because thej received not the love of the 
truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God 
shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a 
lie : 12 That they all might be damned who believed not the 
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is 
a rewarder of them that dihgently seek him. 

1 Jn. 2: 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not 
the Father : [but he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father 
also,'] — 5: 10 He that believeth on the Son of God hath the 
witness in himself : he that believeth not God, hath made him 
a liar, because he believeth not the record that God gave of his 
Son. 1 1 And this is the record, that God hath given to us 
eternal life : and this life is in his Son. 12 He that hath the 
Son, hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God, hath not 
life. 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on 
the name of the Son of God ; that ye may know that ye have 
eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son 
of God. 

2 Jn. 9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the 
doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the 
doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son. 10 
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive 
him not into your house, neither bid him God speed: 11 For 
he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of his evil deeds. 

3 Jn. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children 
walk in truth. [See 175, 601.] 

184. Examples of faith. 

Rom. 4: 20 He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of 
God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to 
God ; 2 1 And being fully persuaded, that what he had prom- 
ised, he was able also to perform. 

2 Cor. 5: 7 (For we walk by faith, not by sight :) 8 We are 
confident, I say, and willing rather to absent from the body, and 
to be present with the Lord. 

Gal. 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; 
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now 
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

Heb. 11: 7 By faith Noah, being warned of God of things 

not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving 

of his house ; by the which he condemned the world, and 

became heir of the righteou&ness which is b j faith. 8 By faith 

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FAITH. 185 — 187 

Effects and Evidence of — Strong Farli required. 



Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he 
should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed ; and ho went 
out not knowing whither he went. 9 By faith he sojourned 
in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in 
tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the 
same promise : 10 For he looked for a city which hath founda- 
tions, whose builder and maker is God. 13 These all died in 
faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them 
afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and 
confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 
[See 664] 

185. Effects of faiih. 

Heb. 11: 32 What shall I more say? for the time would 
fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and 
of Jephthae, of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets : 
33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteous- 
ness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, 34 
Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 
out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, 
turned to flight the armies of the aliens. [See the whole 
chapter.] 

1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, though 
now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeak- 
able, and full of glory : 9 Receiving the end of your faith, even 
the salvation of your souls. 

1 Jn. 5: 4 Whatsoever is born of God, overcometh the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even 
our faith. 5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he 
that beheveth that Jesus is the Son of God ? 

186. Evidence of faith. 

Jam. 2: 14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man 
say he hath faith, and have not works ? can faith save him ? 

15 If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, 

16 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye 
warmed and filled, notwithstanding ye give them not those 
things which are needful to the body: what doth it profit? 

17 Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may say. Thou hast faith, and I have works : 
shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee 
my faith by my works. [See 302, 602.] 

187. Strength of faith required. 

Ep. 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and 
in the power of his might. 1 1 Put on the whole armor of Grod, 
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Contending for — of miracles. 



that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the dark- 
ness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places, 

13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that 
ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done 
all, to stand. [See 712.] 

188. Contending for the faith exemplified and required. 

Jn. 18: 37 Jesus answered, To this end was I born, and for 
this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness 
unto the truth. 

Ac. 6: 9 There arose certain of the synagogue, which is 
called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and 
Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia, and of Asia, disputing 
with Stephen. 10 And they were not able to resist the wis- 
dom and the spirit by which he spake. — 9: 29 He [Paul] 
spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed 
against the Grecians : but they went about to slay him. — 17: 16 
While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred 
in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. 17 
Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and 
with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them 
that met with him. — 19: 8 He went into the synagogue, and 
spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and per- 
suading the things concerning the kingdom of God. 9 But 
when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil 
of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and 
separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one 
Tyrannus. 10 And this continued by the space of two years ; 
so that all they which dwelt in Asia heard the word of the Lord 
Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 

Ph. 1: 27 Stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving 
together for the faith of the gospel. 

Jude 3 Earnestly contend for the faith which was once 
delivered unto the saints. [See 458.] 

189. Faith of miracles^ and the peculiar promises to it. 

Mat. 14: 29 When Peter was come down out of the ship, he 
walked on the water to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the 
wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and beginning to sink, he cried, 
saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched 
forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of 
little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? — 21: 20 When the 
disciples saw lY, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig-tree 
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Of Miracles — Spurious Faith and Religion. 



withered away ! 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily, 
I say unto you, K ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not 
only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall 
say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into 
the sea ; it shall be done. 22 And all things whatsoever ye 
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 

Mk. 11: 28 Verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall 
say unto this mountain. Be thou removed, and be thou cast into 
the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe 
that those things which he saith shall come to pass ; he shall 
have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you. 
What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye 
receive them, and ye shall have ^Aem. — 16: 17 These signs 
shall follow them that believe : In my name shall they cast 
out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues : 1 8 They shall 
take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall 
not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 
recover. 

Jn. 14: 12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth 
on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works 
than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. 13 And 
whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. 

Jam. 5: 14 Is any sick among you ? let him call for the elders 
of the church ; and let them pray over him, anointing him with 
oil in the name of the Lord : 15 And the prayer of faith shall 
save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have 
committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. [See 100.] 

190. Was the faith of miracles saving faith ? 

Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 

1 Cor. 13: 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and 
of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, 
or a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, 
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though 
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have 
not charity, I am nothing. 

1*91. Spurious faith ^ formalism^ and selfish religion common and ruinous to 
the soul. 

Ps. 106: 12 Then believed they his words; they sang his 

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Spurious Faith and Religion. 



praise. 13 They soon forgat his works, they waited not for 
his counsel. 

Is. 29: 13 This people draw near me with their mouth, and 
with their lips do honor me, but have removed their heart far 
from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept 
of men. — 58: 2 They seek me daily, and delight to know my 
ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the 
ordinance of their God : they ask of me the ordinances of jus- 
tice : they take delight in approaching tu God. 3 Wherefore 
have we fasted, say tftey^ and thou seest noi ? wherefore have we 
afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge ? 

Jer. 3: 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto 
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 33: 31 They come unto thee as the people cometh, and 
they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but 
they will not do them : for with their mouth they shew much 
love, hut their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

Mat. 13: 20 He that received the seed into stony places, the 
same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth 
it ; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: 
for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, 
by and by he is offended — 15: 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias 
prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me 
with their mouth, and honoreth me with their lips ; but their 
heart is far from me. 

Jn. 6: 26 Jesus answered them and said. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you. Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but 
because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. 

Ac. 8: 13 Simon himself believed also: and when he was 
baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding 
the miracles and signs which were done. 21 Thou hast neither 
part nor lot in this matter : for thy heart is not right in the 
sight of God. 

Eom. 10: 2 I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, 
but not according to knowledge. 

1 Cor. 13: 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of 
angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or 
a tinkling cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, 
and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge ; and though 
I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not 
charity, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods 
to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and 
have not charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

Gal. 1: 13 Ye have heard of my conversation in time past 
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted 
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Directions for — exemplified. 



the church of God, and wasted it; 14 And profited in the 
Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being 
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. — 5: 6 
In Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor 
uncircumcision ; but faith which worketh by love. 

2 Tim. 3: 5 Having a form of godliness, but denying the 
power thereof: from such turn away. 

Jam. 2: 19 Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest 
well : the devils also believe, and tremble. 

[See 194, 333, 411, 609, 623, 689, 702, 704.] 

FASTING. 
192. Directions for fasting. 

Is. 58: 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite 
with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye do this day, 
to make your voice to be heard on high. 5 Is it such a fast 
that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict his soul ? is it 
to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and 
ashes under him f wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable 
day to the Lord ? ^ Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? 
to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, 
and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 
7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring 
the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the 
naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from 
thine own flesh ? 

Mat. 6: 16 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may 
appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have 
their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine 
head, and wash thy face ; 18 That thou appear not unto men, 
to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in secret : and thy Father, 
which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. 

193. Fasting exemplified. 

Ezra 8: 21 Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of 
Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek 
of him a right way for us, and for our Httle ones, and for all 
our substance. 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king 
a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy 
in the way : because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The 
hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but 
his power and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 

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Exemplified. 



23 So we fasted and besought our God for this : and he was 
entreated of us. 

Dan. 9: 3 I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by 
prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 

Jonah 3: 5 So the people of Nineveh believed God, and pro- 
claimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them 
even to the least of them. 6 For word came unto the king 
of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe 
from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through 
Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying. Let 
neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them 
not feed, nor drink water: 8 But let man and beast be covered 
with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn 
every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in 
their hands. 9 Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and 
turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not? 10 And 
God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way ; and 
God repented of the evil that he had said that he would do 
unto them ; and he did it not. 

Mat. 4: 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the 
wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. 2 And when he had 
fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterwards an 
hungered. 

Lk. 2: 36 There was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter 
of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and 
had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity ; 37 
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which 
departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and 
prayers night and day. 

Ac. 10: 30 Cornelius said. Four days ago I was fasting unto 
this hour ; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and 
behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said, 
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard. — 13: 2 As they ministered to 
the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said. Separate me Bar- 
nabas and Saul, for the work whereunto I have called them. 
3 And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands 
on them, they sent them away. — 14: 23 When they had 
ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with 
fasting, they commended them to the Lord. 

2 Cor. 6: 5 In labors, in watchings, in fastings. — 11: 27 In 
weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and 
thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Besides 
those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, 
the care of all the churches. 
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FASTING FEMALES. 194, 195 

Spurious Fasting — Female industry. 

194. Spurious fasting. 

Is. 58: 3 Wherefore have we fasted, sai/ they, and thou seest 
not ? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no 
knowledge ? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, 
and exact all your labors. 4 Behold, ye fast for strife and 
debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness : ye shall not 
fast as ye do this day, to make your voice to be heard on high. 
5 Is it such a fast that I have chosen ? a day for a man to afflict 
his soul ? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread 
sackcloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou call this a fast, and 
an acceptable day to the Lord ? 

Zee. 7: 5 Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the 
priests, saying. When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and 
seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto 
me, even to me ? 6 And when ye did eat, and when ye did 
drink, did not ye eat /or yourselves, and drink /or yourselves ? 

Lk. 18: 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him- 
self, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extor- 
tioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast 
twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. 

[See 191, 411, 609, 623, 689.] 

FEMALES. 

195. Female industry and enterprize. 

Pr. 31 : 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly 
with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants' ships; she 
bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet 
night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her 
maidens. 1 6 She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the 
fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth 
her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She 
perceiveth that her merchandize is good : her candle goeth not 
out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her 
hands hold the distaff. 21 She is not afraid of the snow for 
her household : for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 
22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry ; her clothing is 
silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when 
he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine 
linen, and selleth it ; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 
25 Strength and honor are her clothing ; and she shall rejoice 
in time to come. 

Ac. 9: 39 And all the widows stood by him weeping, and 
shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she 
was with them. 

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Female sympathy — Subordination. 



196. Female piety ^ sympathy^ and kindness. 

Pr. 31: 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor ; yea, she 
reacheth forth her hands to the needy. 26 She openeth her 
mouth with wisdom ; and m her tongue is the law of kindness. 
27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth 
not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call 
her blessed ; her husband also^ and he praiseth her. 

Mat. 27: 55 Many women were there (beholding afar off) 
which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: ^h 
Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 
James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee's children. 

]Vik. 12: 43 He called unto him his disciples, and saith unto 
them. Verily, I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast 
more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury. 44 
For all they did cast in of their abundance : but she of her want 
did cast in all that she had, even all her living. 

Lk. 24: 1 Upon the first day of the week, very early in the 
morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices 
which they had prepared, and certain other's with them. 10 It 
was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of 
James, and other women that were with them. 

197. Female suhordination and speaking . 

Gen. 3:16 Thy desire shall he to thy husband, and he shall 
rule over thee. 

Num. 30: 13 Every vow, and jevery binding oath to afflict 
the soul, her husband may estabhsh it, or her husband may 
make it void. 

1 Cor. 11: 3 I would have you know, that the head of every 
man is Christ ; and the head of the woman is the man ; and the 
head of Christ is God. 4 Every man praying or prophesying, 
having his head covered, dishonoreth his head. 5 But every 
woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered, 
dishonoreth her head : for that is even all one as if she were 
shaven. 6 For if the woman be not covered, let her also be 
shorn : but if it be a shame for a woman to be shorn or shaven, 
let her be covered. 7 For a man indeed ought not to cover 
his head, forasmuch as he is the image and glory of God : but 
the woman is the glory of the man. 8 For the man is not of 
the woman, but the woman of the man. 9 Neither was the 
man created for the woman, but the woman for the man. 13 
Judge in yourselves : Is it comely that a woman pray unto God 
uncovered ? 14 Doth not even nature itself teach you, that 
if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him? 15 But 
if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her : for her hair is 
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Female Subordination — Flattery Common and Dangerous. 

given her for a covering. — 14: 34 Let your women keep 
silence in the churches ; for it is not permitted unto them to 
speak : but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also 
saith the law. 35 And if they will learn any thing, let them 
ask their husbands at home ; for it is a shame for women to 
speak in the church. 

Eph. 5: 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- 
bands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is 
the Saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is 
subject unto Christ, so let the wives he to their own husbands 
in every thing. 

Col. 3: 18 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, 
as it is fit in the Lord. 

1 Tim. 2: 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all sub- 
jection. 12 But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp 
authority over the man, but to be in silence. 13 For Adam 
was first formed, then Eve. 

1 Pet. 3: 1 Likewise, ye wives, he in subjection to your own 
husbands ; that, if any obey not the word, they also may 
without the word be won by the conversation of the wives ; 
2 While they behold your chaste conversation coupled with 
fear. 6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord : 
whose daughters ye are, as long as ye do well, and are not 
afraid with any amazement. 7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell 
with them according to knowledge, giving honor unto the wife, 
as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the 
grace of life ; that your prayers be not hindered. [See 425.] 

FLATTERY. 

198. Flattery a common and dangerous sin.. 

Job 17: 5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. 32: 21 Let me not, I pray you, 
accept any man's person, neither let me give flattering titles 
unto man. 22 For I know not to give flattering titles; in so 
doing my Maker would soon take me away. 

Ps. 12: 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the 
tongue that speaketh proud things. 

Pr. 20: 19 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth 
secrets : therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his 
lips. — 24: 24 He that saith unto the wicked, Thou art right- 
eous ; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor Mm. 
26: 28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and 
a flattering mouth worketh ruin. — 28: 23 He that rebuketh a 
man, afterwards shall find more favor than he that flattereth 

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Directions for food — Gluttony. 



with the tongue. — 29: 5 A man that flattereth his neighbor 
Bpreadeth a net for his feet. [See 474-5, 702, 728.] 

FOOD. 
199. Instructions respecting food — gluttony reproved. 

Gen. 1: 29 God said, Behold, I have given you every herb 
bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and 
every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to 
you it shall be for meet. — 9: 3 Every moving thing that liveth 
shall be meat for you ; even as the green herb have I given 
you all things. 4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the 
blood thereof, shall ye not eat. 

Dt. 21: 20 This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will 
not obey our voice ; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And 
all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. 

Pr. 23: 1 When thou sittestto eat with a ruler, consider dili- 
gently what is before thee : 2 And put a knife to thy throat, 
if thou he a man given to appetite. 3 Be not desirous of his 
dainties : for they are deceitful meat. 20 Be not among wine- 
bibbers ; among riotous eaters of flesh : 21 For the drunkard 
and the glutton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall 
clothe a man with rags. 

Dan. 1: 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days ; and 
let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 15 And at 
the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and 
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion 
of the king's meat. 

Mat. 6: 31 Take no thought, saying. What shall we eat? or, 
what shall we drink? or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? 

32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek) for your 
heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 

33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteous- 
ness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

Lk. 16: 19 There was a certain man, which was clothed in 
purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day : 25 
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time 
receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : 
but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. — 21: 34 And 
take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be over- 
charged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this hfe, 
and so that day come upon you unawares. 

Rom. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink 
wine, nor am/ thing \vherehj thy brother stumbleth,or is offend 
ed, or is made weak. 
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A looking-slass. 



1 Cor. 8: 13 If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat 
no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to 
offend. 

1 Tim. 4: 3 Forbidding to marry, a?? c? comma/ztZin^ to abstain 
from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanks- 
giving of them which believe and know the truth. [368, 721.] 

FOOLS. 
200. Who are fools ? [A looking-glass^ 

1. Atheists. 

Ps. 14: 1 The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. 
94: 6 They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the 
fatherless. 7 Yet they say. The Lord shall not see, neither 
shall the God of Jacob regard it. 8 Understand, ye brutish 
among the people : and ye fools, when will ye be wise. [See 22.] 

2. Blabbers. 

Pr. 13: 16 Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge; but 
a fool layeth open Az5 folly. — 14:33 Wisdom resteth in the 
heart of him that hath understanding : but that which is in the 
midst of fgols is made known. — 18: 7 A fool's mouth is his de- 
struction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. — 29: 11 A fool 
uttereth all his mind : but a wise man keepeth it in till after- 
wards. 20 Seest thou a man that is hasty in his words ? there 
is more hope of a fool than of him. [See 729.] 

3. Blasphemers. 

Ps. 74: 18 The foolish people have blasphemed thy name. 
22 Arise, O God, plead thine own cause : remember how the 
foolish man reproacheth thee daily. [See 718.] 

4. Boasters. 

Rom. 1: 22 Professing themselves to be wise, they became 
fools. [See 703.] 

5. Children^ disobedient. 

Pr. 15: 5 A fool despiseth his father's instruction. 20 A 
wise son maketh a glad father : but a foolish man despiseth his 
mother. — 22: 15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child ; 
hut the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. [See 54.] 

6. Deceivers — self-deceivers — hypocrites. 

Pr. 12: 15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes : but 
he that hearkenethunto counsel is wise. — 14: 8 The wisdom of 
the prudent is to understand his way : but the folly of fools is 
deceit. — 26: 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? 
there is more hope of a fool than of him. — 28: 26 He that 
trusteth in his own heart is a fool. 

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A looking-glass. 



Lk. 11: 39 The Lord said unto him, Now do je Pharisees 
make clean the outside of the cup and the platter ; but your 
inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Te fools, 
did not he that made that which is without, make that which is 
within also ? 

Tit. 3; 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, 
deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice 
and envy, hateful, and hating one another. [See 702.] 

7. Obstinate offenders. 

Dt. 32: 5 They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not 
the spot of his children : they are a perverse and crooked gen- 
eration. 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and 
unwise ? is not he thy father that hath bought thee ? hath he 
not made thee and established thee ? 

Pr. 13: 19 It is abomination to fools to depart from evil. — 
27: 22 Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among 
wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from 
him. [See 488.] 

8. Drunkards. 

Pr. 20: 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging : and 
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. 

9. Gossips. 

Pr. 10: 8 The wise in heart will receive commandments : 
but a prating fool shall fall. — 15:2 The tongue of the wise 
useth knowledge aright : but the mouth of fools poureth out 
foolishness. — 18: 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his 
lips are the snare of his soul. 

Ec. 5: 3 A fooFs voice is known by multitude of words. — 
10: 1 2 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious ; but the lips 
of a fool will swallow up himself. 13 The beginning of the 
words of his mouth is foolishness : and the end of his talk is 
mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words. 

[See 729.] 

10. Ignoramuses. 

Ps. 92: 5 O Lord, how great are thy works ! and thy 
thoughts are very deep. 6 A brutish man knoweth not; 
neither doth a fool understand this. 

Pr. 1: 7 Fools despise wisdom and instruction. 22 How 
long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? and the scorners 
delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? — 15: 14 
The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge : 
but the mouth of fools feedeth on foolishness. — 18: 2 A fool 
ha,th no delight in understanding, but that his heart may dis- 
cover itself. [See 363.] 
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11. Knaves. 

Jer. 17: 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them 
not ; so he that getteth riches and not by right, shall leave them 
in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 

12. Libertines. 

Pr. 7; 6 At the window of my house I looked through my 
casement, 7 And behold among the simple ones. I discerned 
among the youths, a young man void of understanding, 8 Pas- 
sing through the street near her corner ; and .he went the way 
to her house, 9 In the twilight, in the evening, in the black 
and dark night : 22 He goeth after her straightway, as an ox 
goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the 
stocks ; 23 Till a dart strike through his liver ; as a bird hast- 
eth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. [See 405.] 

13. Meddlers. 

Pr. 20: 3 It is an honor for a man to cease from strife ; but 
every fool will be meddling. 

14. Misers. 

Pr. 1: 32 The turning away of the simple shall slay them, 
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

Lk. 12: 19 I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be 
merry. 20 But God said unto liim. Thou fool, this night thy 
soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things 
be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up 
treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. [See 625-6.] 

15. Mockers. 

Pr. 14: 9 Fools make a mock at sin. 

16. Rovers. 

Pr. 17: 24 Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; 
but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. 

17. Slanderers. 

Pr. 10: 18 He that hideth hatred withljing lips, and he that 
uttereth a slander, is a fool. 

18. Sots. 

Pr. 17: 16 Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool 
to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it ? 

Jer. 4: 22 My people is foolish, they have not known me ; 
they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: 
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. 

[See 693.] 

19. Spendthrifts. 

Pr. 21: 20 There is treasure to be desired, and oil in the 
dwelling of the wise ; but a foolish man spendeth it up. 
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201 FORBEARANCE. 



Required and commended. 



20. Sportsmen. 

Pr. 10; 23 It is as sport to a fool to do mischief. 

Ec. 7: 4 The heart of fools is in the house of mirth. 

[See 479.] 

21. Warriors. 

Job 5: 2 Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

Pr. 12: 16 A fool's wrath is presently known: but a pru- 
dent man covereth shame. — 14: 16 The fool rageth, and is 
confident. — 18: 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his 
mouth calleth for strokes, — 20: 3 It is an honor for a man 
to cease from strife : but every fool will be meddling. — 27: 3 
A stone is heavy, and the sand weighty : but a fool's wrath is 
heavier than them both. 

Ec. 7: 9 Anger resteth in the bosom of fools. [See 735.] 

FOEBEAEANCE. 

201, Fcyi^bearance required and commended. 

Pr. 19: 11 The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; 
and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. 

1 Cor. 13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind ; charity 
envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 5 
Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not 
easily provoked, thinketh no evil : 7 Beareth all things, be- 
lieveth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love. 

1 Pet. 2: 18 Servants, he subject to ^oiir masters, with all 
fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 
19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory 
is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it 
patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer ybr it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 21 For even hereunto 
were ye called : because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us 
an example, that ye should follow his steps. 23 Who, when 
he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, he threat- 
ened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righ- 
teously. — 3: 8 Finally, he ye all of one mind, having compas- 
sion one of another ; love as brethren, he pitiful, he courteous : 
9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing : but con- 
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Forbearance abused — Forgiveness required. 



trariwdse, blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that 
ye should inherit a blessing. 

[See 203, 437—9, 498, 499, 737.] 

202. Sinners abuse forbearance. 

Ec. 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in thein to do evil. 

FORGR'IENESS. 

203. Dut^ to forgive, as we hope to be forgiven — Threats to the implacahle. 

Mat. 6: 12 Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debt- 
ors. 14 For, if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heav- 
enly Father will also forgive you : 15 But if ye forgive not 
men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your 
trespasses. — 18: 21 Then came Peter to him, and said. Lord, 
how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? 
till seven times ? 22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, 
Until seven times: but. Until seventy times seven. 27 Then 
the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and 
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 28 But the same ser- 
vant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which 
owed him an hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and 
took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest. 29 
And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, 
saying, Have patience wdth me, and I will pay thee ail. 30 
And he would not ; but v/ent and cast him into prison, till he 
should pay the debt. 32 Then his lord, after that he had 
called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave 
thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me : 33 Shouldest 
not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even 
as I had pity on thee ? 34 And his lord was wroth, and de- 
livered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was 
due unto him. 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do 
also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his 
brother their trespasses. 

Mk. 11: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have 
aught against any : that your Father also winch is in heaven 
may forgive you your trespasses. 26 But if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your tres- 
passes. 

Lk. G: 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn 
not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be 
forgiven. — 17:3 Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother 

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204, 205 FRIENDSHIP. 



True Friendship — Spurious Friendship. 



trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive 
him. 4 And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, 
and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent ; 
thou shalt forgive him. 

Ep. 4: 32 Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted, forgiv- 
ing one another, even as God, for Christ's sake, hath forgiven 
you. 

Col. 3: 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering ; 13 Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : 
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

[See 62, 539, 737.] 

N. B. — For Divine Forgiveness, see 583. 

FRIENDSHIP. 

204. True friendship desirable — how to make friends. 

2 S. 1: 26 I am distressed for thee, my brother Jonathan : 
very pleasant hast thou been unto me : thy love to me was 
wonderful, passing the love of women. 

Pr. 17: 17 A friend lovetli at all times, and a brother is 
born for adversity. — 18: 24 A man that hath friends must 
show himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer 
than a brother. — 19: 6 Many will entreat the favor of the 
prince : and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. — 
27: 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the 
sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. [See 737.] 

205. Spm&us frien dsh ip — Ingratitude. 

Job 19: 14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my familiar friends 
have forgotten me. 19 All my inward friends abhorred me: 
and they whom 1 loved are turned against me. 

Ps. 38: 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my 
sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. — bb: 12 It was not an 
enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it : 
neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against 
me ; then I would have hid myself from him : 13 But it was 
thou, a man mine equal, my guide and mine acquaintance. 1 4 
We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of 
God in company. 

Mat. 26: 56 Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 

2 Tim. 4: 1 6 At my first answer no man stood with me, but 
all men forsook me : I pra^ God that it may not be laid to 
their charge. [See 701.] 
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How made known — a moral agent. 



GOD. 

206. Have manJcind any intuitive knowledge of God 7 

Job 32: 8 There is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of 
tlie Almighty giveth them understanding. 

Ac. 17: 28 In him we live, and move, and have our being ; 
as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also 
his offspring. 29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of 
God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto 
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. 

Rom. 1: 19 Because that which may be known of God is 
manifest in them ; for God hath shewed it unto them. — 2: 14 
When the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the 
things contained in the law, these having not the law, are a law 
unto themselves. 15 Which shew the work of the law writ- 
ten in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and 
their thoughts the mean while accusing, or els© excusing one 
another. [See 394.] 

207. God made known by his works. 

Ps. 19: 1 The heavens declare the glory of God; and the 
firmament sheweth his handy work. 2 Day unto day uttereth 
speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. — 75: 1 
Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give 
thanks : for that thy name is near, thy wondrous works de- 
clare. 

Ac. 14: 17 He left not himself without witness, in that he 
did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, 
filling our hearts with food and gladness. 

Rom. 1: 20 For the invisible things of him from the crear- 
tion of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the 
things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead ; so 
that they are without excuse. — 11: 36 Of him, and through 
him, and to him are all things : to whom he glory for ever. 

Heb. 3: 4 Every house is builded by some man; but he that 
built all things is God. Ps. 9 16. 

208. God^ a moral agent, with affections and passions. 

Gen. 6: 6 It repented the Lord that he had made man on 
the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 

Ps. 7: 11 God is smgrywith the ivicked everyday. — 103: 13 
As a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that 

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209 GOD. 

His chief end. — His regard for himself. 

fear him. — 147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that 
fear him. 

Hos. 11: 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall 
I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how 
shall I set thee as Zeboim ? mine heart is turned within me, 
my repentings are kindled together. 

Zep. 3: 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is 
mighty ; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy : he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

Mat. 3: 17 This is my beloved Son, in whom 1 am well 
pleased. 

1 Jn. 4: 8 God is love. [See 223, 230, 238.] 

209. God^s chief end — his regard for himself. 

Ps. 106: 8 He saved them for his name's sake, that he 
might make his mighty power to be known. 

Pr. 16: 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 

Is. 42: 8 I am the Lord : that is my name: and my glory 
will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images. 
— 43: 7 Even every one that is called by my name ; for I 
have created him for my glory, I have formed him : yea, I 
have made him. 21 This people have I formed for myself; 
they shall shew forth my praise. — 48: 11 For mine own sake, 
even for mine own sake, will I do it : for how should my name 
be polluted ? and I will not give my glory unto another. 

Ezk. 20: 9 I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not 
be polluted before the heathen. — 36: 32 Not for your sakes 
do I this^ saith the Lord God, be it known unto you: be 
ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of 
Israel. 

1 Cor. 15: 28 When all things shall be subdued unto him, 
then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put 
all things under him, that God may be all in all. 

Col. 1: 16 All things were created by him and for him. 

E-ev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were they created. [See 276 — 7, 570.] 
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His Unity — Tiinity of Persons. 



GOD'S MODE OF EXISTENCE. 

210. Divine unity ^ or only one true God. 

Dt. 4: 35 The Lord lie is God : there is none else beside 
him. [39.] — 6: 4 The Lord our God is one Lord. — 32: 39 
See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me. 

2 S. 7: 22 There is none like thee, neither is there any God 
beside thee. 

2 K. 19: 15 Thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the 
kingdoms of the earth. 

Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone. 

Is. 44: 6 Thus saith the Lord, the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first and I am the last ; 
and besides me there is no God. 8 Is there a God besides 
me ? Yea, there is no God ; I know not any. — 45: 5 I 
am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God besides 
me. 

Jn. 17: 3 This is life eternal, that thej might know thee the 
only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 

1 Cor. 8: 6 To us there is hut one God, the Father, of whom 
are all things, and we in him. 

1 Tim. 1:17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, he honor and glory for ever and ever. 

Jam. 2: 19 Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest 
well. 

211. Are there more persons than one in the Godhead? 

Gen. 1: 26 And God said. Let us make man in our image, 
after our likeness. Gen. 3: 22, and 11: 7, Is. 6: 8. 

Dan. 4: 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers, 
and the demand by the word of the holy ones. 

Mat. 28: 19 Teach all nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. 

2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, he with 
you all. Amen. 

Ep. 2: 18 Through him we both have access by one Spirit 
unto the Father. 1 Pet. 1: 2. 

1 Jn. 5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost : and these three are 
one. [See 75—6, 346.1 

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212 — 214 goby's natural attributes. 

Eternity of God — Eoreknowledge — Greatness and Majesty. 

GOD'S NATURAL ATTRIBUTES. 

212. Eternity of God. 

Dt. 33: 27 The eternal God is thy refuge. 

Ps. 90: 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever 
thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from ever- 
lasting to everlasting, thou art God. — 93: 2 Thy throne is 
established of old: thou art from everlasting. — 102: 27 Thou 
art the same, and thy years shall have no end. 

Is. 44: 6 Thus saith the Lord the King of Israel, and his 
Redeemer the Lord of hosts ; I am the first, and I am the 
last, and besides me there is no God. — 57: 15 Thus saith the 
high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is 
Holy. 

Hab. 1: 12 Art thou not from everlasting, O Lord my 
God, mine Holy One ? 

1 Tim. 1:17 Unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the 
only wise God, he honor and glory for ever and ever — 6: 15 
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings and Lord of lords; 16 Who 
only hath immortality. [See 76,(3.)] 

213. Foreknowledge of God. 

Is. 46: 9 Remember the former things of old ; for I am God, 
and there is none else; lam God, and there is none like me, 
10 Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient 
times the things that are not yet done, saying. My counsel shall 
stand, and I will do all my pleasure. 

Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. — 15: 18 Ejiown unto God are 
all his works from the beginning of the world. [See 219.] 

214. Greatness^ majesty, and supremacy of God. 

1 Ch. 29: 11 Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, 
and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is 
in the heaven and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, 
O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. 12 Both 
riches and honor come of thee, and thou reignest over all ; and 
in thy hand is power and might ; and in thy hand it is to make 
great, and to give strength unto all. 

Neil. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, ar^ Lord alone; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
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god's natural attributes. 214 

Greatness and Majesty. 

and thou preserves! them all ; and the host of heaven wor- 
shippeth thee. 

Job. 11: 7 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou 
find out the Almighty unto perfection ? S It is as high as 
heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst 
thou know ? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, 
and broader than the sea. — 26: 14 Lo, these are parts of his 
ways ; but how Httle a portion is heard of him ? but the thun- 
der of his power who can understand. — 36: 26 Behold, God 
IS great, and we know him not, neither can the number of his 
years be searched out. — 37: 22 With God is terrible majesty. 
23 Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out : lie is ex- 
cellent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice. 

Ps. 29: 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of 
the Lord is full of majesty. — 47: 7 For God is the King of 
all the earth. — 93: 1 The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with 
majesty. — 104: 1 Bless the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my 
God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honor and 
majesty : 2 Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment : 
who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : 3 Who layeth 
the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the 
clouds his chariot : who walketh upon the wings of the wind : 
4 Who maketh his angels spirits ; his ministers a flaming fire. 
— 145: 3 Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and 
his greatness is unsearchable. 

Is. 40: 12 Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of 
his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and compre- 
hended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the 
mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? 13 Who hath 
directed the Spirit of the Lord, or being his counsellor hath 
taught him? 14 With whom took he counsel, and 2^;Ao in- 
structed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and 
taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of under- 
standing? 15 Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, 
and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he 
taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 1 6 And Lebanon is 
not sufiicient to burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient for a 
burnt-ofiering. 17 All nations before him are as nothing, and 
they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. 18 To 
whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye com- 
pare unto him ? [Dan. 4: 35.] 

Nah. 1: 3 The Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in 
the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 4 He re- 
buketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: 
Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon 

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215 — 217 god's natural attributes. 

Esseatial divine happiness — Invisibilitj ; and immutability of God. 

languisheth. 5 The mountains quake at him, and the hills 
melt, and the earth is burned at his presence, yea, the world, 
and all that dwell therein. 6 Who can stand before his indig- 
nation ? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger ? his 
fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by 
him. [See 45, 234, 275.] 

215. Essential happiness of God, 

Rom. 1: 25 Who is blessed for ever. — 9: 5 Whose are the 
fathers, and of whom, as concerning the flesh, Christ came, who 
is over all, God blessed for ever. 

2 Cor. 11: 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is blessed for evermore. 

1 Tim. 1: 11 The glorious gospel of the blessed God. — 6:15 
The blessed and only Potentate. [See 223.] 

216. Tnvisibilit!/ of God. 

Jn. 1: 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only 
begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath 
declared him, — 4: 24 God is a spirit. 

Col. 1: 15 Who is the image of the invisible God, the first- 
born of every creature. 

1 Tim. 6:16 Whom no man hath seen, nor can see ; to whom 
be honor and power everlasting. 

Heb. 11: 27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the 
wrath of the king : for he endured, as seeing him who is in- 
visible. 

217. Immutability of God. 

Num. 23: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither 
the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and 
shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shaU he not make 
it good ? 

1 S. 15: 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor 
repent : for he is not a man, that he should repent. 

Job 23: 13 He is in one mind, and who can turn him? 

Ps. 102: 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall 
perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
shall be changed : 27 But thou art the same, and thy years 
shall have no end. 

Mai. 3: 6 I am the Lord, I change not. 

Heb. 13: 8 Jesus Chiist the same yesterday, and to-day, and 
for ever. 

Jam. 1: 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
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Omnipotence ; and Omniscience of God. 

above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. [See 250.] 

218. Omnipotence of God. 

Gen. 17: 1 I am the Almighty God. 

Job 9: 12 Behold, he taketh away, who can hinder him? 

Is. 43: 13 There is none that can deliver out of my hand : 
I will work, and who shall let it ? 

Jer. 32: 17 Ah Lord God ! behold, thou hast made the 
heaven and the earth by thy great power and stretched out 
arm, and there is nothing too hard for thee. 

Mat. 19: 26 With God all things are possible. 

Kev. 1:8 1 am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the 
ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is 
to come, the Almighty. — 11: 17 We give thee thanks, O Lord 
God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come ; because 
thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. 
— 19: 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 

[See 76,(5) 234, 259, 588.] 

219. Omniscience of God. 

1 S. 2: 3 Talk no more so exceeding proudly ; let not arro- 
gancy come out of your mouth : for the Lord is a God of 
knowledge, and by him actions are weighed. — 16: 7 The Lord 
seeth not as man seeth ; for man looketh on the outward ap- 
pearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart. 

1 K. 8: 39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place, 
and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his 
ways, whose heart thou knowest ; (for thou, even thou only, 
knowest the hearts of all the children of men.) 

1 Ch. 28: 9 The Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth 
all the imaginations of the thoughts. 

Job 11:11 He knoweth vain men : he seeth wickedness also ; 
will he not then consider it"^ — 34: 21 His eyes are upon the 
ways of man, and he seeth all his goings. 22 There is no 
darkness, nor shadow of death, where the workers of iniquity 
may hide themselves. 

Ps. 11: 4 The Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, 
his eyelids try the children of men. — 44: 21 Shall not God 
search this out ? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart. — 
94: 9 He that planted the ear, shall he not hear ? he that 
formed the eye, shall he not see? — 139: 1 O Lord, thou hast 
searched me, and known me, 2 Thou knowest my down-sit- 
ting and mine up-rising, thou understandest my thought afar 
off. 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art 

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220 god's natural attributes. 

Omnipresence of God. 

acquainted with all my ways. 4 For there is not a word in 
my tongue, hut lo, Lord, thou knowest it altogether. 5 
Thou hast beset me beliind and before, and laid thine hand 
upon me. 6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is 
high, I cannot attain unto it. 11 K I say, Surely the darkness 
shall cover me ; even the night shall be light about me. 1 2 
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee ; but the night shineth 
as the day : the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. 
— 147; 5 Great is our Lord, and of great power: his under- 
standing is infinite. 

Pr. 5: 2 1 For the ways of man are before the eyes of the 
Lord, and he pondereth all his goings. — 15: 3 The eyes of the 
Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good. 1 1 
Hell and destruction are before the Lord : how much more 
then the hearts of the children of men? 17: 3 The fining-pot 
is for silver, and the furnace for gold : but the Lord trieth the 
hearts. — 21: 2 Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: 
but the Lord pondereth the hearts. — 24: 11 If thou forbear 
to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are 
ready to be slain; 12 If thou say est. Behold, we knew it not; 
doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it ? and he that 
keepeth thy soul, doth 7iot he know it ? 

Is. 40: 28 IViere is no searching of his understanding. 

Jer. 23: 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that 
I shall not see him? saith the Lord. — 32: 19 Great in coun- 
sel, and mighty in work : for thine eyes are open upon all the 
ways of the sons of men ; to give every one according to his 
ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 

Ezk. 11: 5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell upon me, and 
said unto me. Speak ; Thus saith the Lord ; Thus have ye 
said, O house of Israel : for I know the things that come into 
your mind, every one of them. 

Ac. 1: 24 Thou, Lord, which knowest the hearts of all men, 
shew whether of these two thou hast chosen. 

Heb. 4: 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest 
in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the 
eyes of him with whom we have to do. 

1 Jn. 3: 20 For if our heart condemn us, God is greater 
than our heart, and knoweth all things. [See 76,(7) 213.] 

220. Omnipresence of God. 

Ps. 139: 3 Thou compassest my path and my lying down, 
and art acquainted ivith all my ways. 5 Thou hast beset me 
behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. 7 Whither 
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shall I go from thy Spirit ? or whither shall I flee from thv 
presence ? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there : if J 
make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there, ^ If 1 take the 
wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the 
sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right 
hand shall hold me. 

Jer. 23: 23 Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a 
God afar off? 24 Can any hide himself in secret places that 
I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven 
and earth ? saith the Lord. 

Mat. 18: 20 For where two or three are gathered together 
in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 

Ep. 1: 23 The fulness of him that fiUeth all in all. 

[See 76,(6).] 

221. Self-existence of God. 

Ex. 3: 14 God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: 
And he said. Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, 
I AM hath sent me unto you. 

Dt. 32: 40 I lift my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 

Jer. 10: 10 The Lord is the true God, he is the living God, 
and an everlasting King. 

Jn. 5: 26 As the Father hath life in himself, so hath he 
given to the Son to have life in himself. — 6: 57 The living 
Father hath sent me. 

Ac. 17: 24 God that made the world, and all things therein, 
seeing that he is Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth not in 
temples made with hands ; 25 Neither is worshipped with 
men's hands, as though he needed anything, seeing he giveth 
to all life, and breath, and all things. 

1 Tim. 6: 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the 
blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of 
lords ; 1 6 Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light 
which no man can approach unto : whom no man hath seen, 
nor can see ; to whom he honor and power everlasting. 

222. Wisdcmi of God, 

Job. 5: 13 He taketh the wise in their own craftiness : and 
the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. 

Ps. 104: 24 O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wis- 
dom hast thou made them all : the earth is full of thy riches. 

Is. 28: 29 This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, 
which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. 

Rom. 11: 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, 

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223, 224 god's moral perfection. 

Blessedness of God — His Benevolence. 

and his ways past finding out ! 34 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord? or who hath been his counsellor? — 
16: 27 To God only wise, he glory through Jesus Christ for 
ever. Amen. 

1 Cor. 1: 25 The foolishness of God is wiser than men. 

Ep. 1: 8 He hath abounded toward us in all wisdom and 
prudence. — 3: 9 To make all men see what is the fellowship 
of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath 
been bid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ: 10 
To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in 
heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold 
wisdom of God. 

Col. 2: 2 The mystery of God, and of the -Father, and of 
Christ ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and 
knowledge. 

Jude 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, he glory and majes- 
ty, dominion and power, both now and ever, [See 142, 275.] 



GOD'S MORAL PERFECTION. 

223. Blessedness or joy of God^ arising from his benevolent designs and 
works. 

Ps. 104: 31 The glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: 
the Lord shall rejoice in his works. 

Is. 62: 5 As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall 
thy God rejoice over thee. — 6d: 19 I will rejoice in Jerusa- 
lem, and joy in my people. 

Jer. 9: 24 I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, 
judgment, and righteousness in the earth : for in these things 
I delight, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I 
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: 
and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken il; in my 
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 

Zep. 3: 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is 
mighty ; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy ; he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

[See 208, 215.] 

224. Benevolence of God — he desires good, and deprecates evil. 

Dt. 5: 29 O that there were such a heart in them, that they 
would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it 
might be well with them, and with their children for ever! — 
32: 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that 
they would consider their latter end ! 
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god's moral perfection. 225 

Compassion of God. 

Ps. 119: 68 Thou art good, and doest good. 

Ezk. 18: 32 I have no pleasure in the death of him that 
dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves^ and 
live ye. 

Mat. 5: 44 I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them 
that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for 
them which despitefuUy use you, and persecute you ; 45 That 
ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : 
for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and 
sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 

Jn. 3: 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 
even so musjt the Son of man be lifted up. 15 That whosoever 
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. 16 
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but 
have everlasting life. 17 For God sent not liis Son into the 
world to condemn the world, but that the world through him 
might be saved. 

Rom. 5: 8 God commendeth his love toward us, in that 
while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. — 8: 32 He that 
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? 

1 Th. 4: 3 This is the will of God, even your sanctification. 

1 Tim. 2: 3 This is good and acceptable in the sight of God 
our Saviour ; 4 Who will have all men to be saved, and to come 
unto the knowledge of the truth. 

2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 
as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us- ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

1 Jn. 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another : for love is of 
God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth 
God. 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God is 
love. 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, be- 
cause that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that 
we might hve through him. 10 Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to he the 
propitiation for our sins. 

[See 60, 228, 233, 254, 370—2, 585, 672.] 

225. Compassion of God. 

Ex. 32: 14 The Lord repented of the evil which he thought 
to do unto his people. 

Jud. 10: 16 His soul was grieved for the misery of Israel. 
Ps. 25: 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 

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Ilis faithfalness. 



loving-kindness ; for they have heen ever of old. — 36: 7 How 
excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God ! therefore the children 
of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. — 69: 16 
Hear me, Lord ; for thy loving-kindness is good : turn unto 
me according to the multitude of thy tender mercies. — 78: 38 
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, and de- 
stroyed them not : yea, many a time turned he his anger away, 
and did not stir up all his wrath. — 86: 15 Thou, O Lord, art 
a God full of compassion, and gracious, long-suffering, and 
plenteous in mercy and truth. — 103: 13 Like as a father 

pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear him 

145: 8 The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion ; slow to 
anger, and of great mercy. 9 The Lord is good to all : and 
his tender mercies are over all his works. 

Lam. 3: 22 It is of the Lord's mercies, that we are not con- 
sumed, because his compassions fail not. 32 But though he 
cause grief, yet will he have compassion according to the mul- 
titude of his mercies. 33 For he doth not afflict willingly, nor 
grieve the children of men. 

Hos. 11: 8 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall 
I deliver thee, Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? how 
shall I set thee as Zeboim ? my heart is turned within me, 
my repentings are kindled together. 

Lk. 6: 35 He is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. 

Jam. 5: 11 The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

[See 233, 522, 585.] 

226. Faithfulness of God. 

Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is 
God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with 
them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand 
generations. 

Jos. 21: 45 There failed not aught of any good thing which 
the Lord had spoken unto the house of Israel ; all came to 
pass. — 23: 14 Behold, this day I am going the way of all the 
earth ; and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, 
that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the 
Lord your God spake concerning you ; all are come to pass 
unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. 

Ps. 36: 5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the heavens ; and thy 
faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds. — 89: 2 Thy faithfulness 
shalt thou estabhsh in the very heavens. 33 Nevertheless, my 
loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my 
faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will I not breal^, nor 
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Forbearance of God — His goodness and condescension. 

alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. — 119: 90 Thy 
faithfulness is unto aU generations. 

1 Th. 5: 24 Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do 
it. [See 4, 235, 515—517, 725.] 

227. Forbearance and long-suffering of God. 

Neh. 9: 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear them, and 
testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy prophets : yet 
would they not give ear. 

Ec. 8: 11 Because sentence against an evil work is not 
executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 

E-om. 2: 4 Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness, and 
forbearance, and long-suffering ; not knowing that the good- 
ness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? — 9:22 Wliat if God, 
willing to show his wrath, and to make his power known, 
endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to 
destruction ? 

1 Tim. 1: 16 Howbeit, for this cause I obtained mercy, that 
in me first Jesus Christ might show forth all long-suffering, for 
a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life 
everlasting. 

1 Pet. 3: 19 By which also he went and preached unto the 
spirits in prison ; 20 Which sometime were disobedient, when 
once the long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, 
while the ark was a preparing, wherein few, that is, eight 
souls, were saved by water. 

2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, 
as some men count slackness ; but is long-suffering to us-ward, 
not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. [See 62*] 

228. Goodness and condescension of God. 

Ex. 34: 6 The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed. 
The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffer- 
ing, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

1 Ch. 16: 34 O give thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good; 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

Ps. 8: 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 
fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 4 
What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him ? — 33: 5 He loveth righteousness 
and judgment : the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord. 
— 52: 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty 
man? the goodness of God endureth continually. — 107: 8 Oh 
that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his 

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229 god's moral perfection. 

Holiness and beauty of God. 

wonderful works to the children of men ! 9 For he satisfieth 
the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. — 
113: 4 The LoRD^s high above all nations, citzcZ his glory above 
the heavens. 5 Who is like unto the Lord our God, who 
dwelleth on high, 6 Who humbleth himself to behold the things 
that are in heaven, and in the earth ? — 119: 68 Thou art good, 
and doest good ; teach me thy statutes. — 145: 7 They shall 
abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall 
sing of thy righteousness. 9 The Lord is good to all : and 
his tender mercies are over all his works. 

Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit. 

Zee. 9: 17 How great is his goodness, and how great is his 
beauty ! 

Mat. 19: 17 He said unto him, Why caUest thou me good? 
there is none good but one, that is, God. 

[See 60, 61, 224, 233, 254, 372, 672.] 

229. Holiness and beauty of God, 

Ex. 15: 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the 
gods ? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, 
doing wonders ? 

Lev. 11: 44 Ye shall be holy ; for I am holy. 

1 S. 2: 2 there is none holy as the Lord. 

Job 4: 17 Shall mortal man be more just than God? shall a 
man be more pure than his Maker? 18 Behold, he put no 
trust in his servants ; and his angels he charged with folly. — 
34: 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understaning : 
far be it from God, that he should do wickedness ; and Jfra?7^ the 
Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. 

Ps. 5: 4 Thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wicked- 
ness : neither shall evil dwell with thee. 5 The foolish shall 
not stand in thy sight : thou hatest all workers of iniquity. — 
22: 3 Thou art holy, thou that inhabitest the praises of 
Israel. — 27: 4 One thing have I desired of the Lord, that 
will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the 
Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the 
Lord, and to inquire in his temple. — 45: 7 Thou lovest 
righteousness, and hatest wickedness. — 71: 22 I will also 
praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God : unto 
thee will I sing with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel. — 
90: 17 And let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon us. 
— 99: 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy 
hill; for the Lord our God is holy. — Ill: 9 Holy and 
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god's moral perfection. 230 

Holy grief and displeasure of God. 

reverend is his name. — 145: 17 The Lord is righteous in all 
his ways, and holy in all his works. 

Is. 6: 3 And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, 
holy, is the Lord of hosts : the whole earth is full of Ins 
glory. — 28: 5 In that day shall the Lord of hosts be for a 
crown of ^lory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the residue 
of his people. — 33: 17 Thine eyes shall see the King in his 
beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off. 

Hab. 1: 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and 
canst not look on iniquity. 

Zee. 9: 17 How great is his goodness, and how great is his 
beauty ! 

Rev. 15: 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy 
name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall come and 
worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest. 56.] 

230. God's holy grief, displeasure and controversy with sinners. 

Gen. 6: 5 God saw that the wickedness of man was great in 
the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his 
heart was only evil continually. 6 And it repented the Lord 
that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his 
heart. 

Num. 32: 14 Behold, ye are risen up in your fathers' stead, 
an increase of sinful men, to augment yet the fierce anger of 
the Lord toward Israel. 

Dt. 25: 16 All that do such things, and all that do unright- 
eously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God. 

Ps. 7: 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with 
the wicked every day. 12 If he turn not, he wiU whet his 
sword; he hath bent his bow, and made it ready. 13 He hath 
also prepared for him the instruments of death ; he ordaineth 
his arrow against the persecutors. — 10: 3 The wicked boasteth 
of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, i(?^om the Lord 
abhorreth. — 11:5 The Lord trieth the righteous: but the 
wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth. — 78: 40 
How oft did they provoke him in the wilderness, and grieve 
him in the desert ! — 95:8 Harden not your heart, as in the 
provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness : 
9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my 
work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with this genera- 
tion. 

Pr. 11: 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination 
to the Lord : but such as are upright in their way are his delight. 
— 15: 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the 
Lord ; but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. 

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231 god's moral pekfection. 

Impartiality of God. 

26 The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the 
Lord : but the ivords of the pure are pleasant words. 

Jer. 12: 8 JMine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; 
it crieth out against me ; therefore have I hated it. 

Hos. 7: 2 They consider not in their hearts, that I remember 
all their wickedness : now their own doings have beset them 
about; they are before my face — 9: 15 All their wickedness 
is in Gilgal : for there I hated them : for the wickedness of 
their doings I will drive them out of mine house, I will love 
them no more: all their princes are revolters. — 12: 2 The 
Lord hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish 
Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he 
recompense him. — 13: 7 I will be unto them as a lion : as a 
leopard by the way will I observe them, 8 I will meet them 
as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps^ and will rend the caul 
of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion. 

Nah. 1: 6 Who can stand before his indignation? and who 
can abide in the fierceness of liis anger ? his fury is poured out 
like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

Mic. 6: 2 Hear ye, O mountains, the Lord's controversy, 
and ye strong foundations of the earth : for the Lord hath a 
controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 

Mk. 3: 5 When he had looked round about on them with 
anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith 
unto the man. Stretch forth thine hand. 

Heb. 3: 17 With whom was he grieved forty years ? was it 
not with them that had sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wil- 
derness? 18 And to whom sware he that they should not enter 
into his rest, but to them that believed not ? 

Rev. 6: 16 And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on 
us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the Lamb : 1 7 For the great day of 
his w^rath is come, and who shall be able to stand ? 

[See 208, 236, 362, 418, and Punishment, Future.] 

231. Impartiality of God. 

Gen. 18: 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner 
to slay the righteous with the wicked ; and that the righteous 
should be as the v/icked, that be far from thee : Shall not the 
Judge of all the earth do right ? 

Dt. 10: 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and 
Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty and a terrible, which 
regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward: 18 He doth exe- 
cute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the 
stranger, in giving him food and raiment. 
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Justice and Righteousness. 

2 Ch. 19: 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be 
upon you : take heed and do it : for there is no iniquity with 
the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of 
gifts. 

Ezk. 18: 25 Yet ye say, The way of the Lord is not equal. 
Hear now, O house of Israel ; Is not my way equal ? are not 
your ways unequal ? 

Ac. 10: 34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a 
truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. 

Rom. 2: 11 There is no respect of persons with God. 

Ep. 6: 9 And ye, masters, do the same things unto them, 
forbearing threatening : knowing that your Master also is in 
heaven ; neither is there respect of persons with him. 

1 Pet. 1: 17 And if ye call on the Father, who without 
respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass 
the time of your sojourning here in fear. [See bbQ.'\ 

232. Justice and righteousness of God. 

2 Ch. 19: 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be 
upon you : take heed and do it : for there is no iniquity with 
the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of 
gifts. 

Job 8: 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty 
pervert justice? — 34: 12 Yea, surely God will not do wick- 
edly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment. — 37: 23 
Touching the Almighty, we cannot find him out : he is excel- 
lent in power, and in judgment, and in plenty of justice ; he 
will not afflict. 

Ps. 33: 4 The word of the Lord is right ; and all his works 
are done in truth. 5 He loveth righteousness and judgment. 
— 48: 10 Thy right hand is full of righteousness. — 92: 15 
To show that the Lord is upright : he is my rock, and there is 
no unrighteousness in him. — 97:2 Clouds and darkness are 
round about him : righteousness and judgment are the habita- 
tion of his throne. — 111: 3 His work is honorable and glo- 
rious; and his righteousness endureth for ever. — 119: 137 
Righteous art thou, O Lord, and upright are thy judgments. 
138 Thy testimonies that thou hast commanded are righteous 
and very faitliful. 142 Thy righteousness is an everlasting 
righteousness, and thy law is the truth. — 145: 17 The Lord 
is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all liis works. 

Jer. 9: 24 Let him that glorieth, glory in this, that he under- 
standeth and knoweth me, that I a??! the Lord which exercise 
loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for 
in these things I delight, saith the Lord. 

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233 ood's moral perfection. 

Mercy, Grace, and Kindness. 

Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, 
and the song of the Lamb, saying. Great and marvellous are 
thy works. Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, 
thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and 
glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all nations shall 
come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made 
manifest. [See 236.] 

233. Mercy ^ grace^ and kindness of God. 

Ex. 34: 6 The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, 
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffer- 
ing and abundant in goodness and truth, 7 Keeping mercy 
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and 
that will by no means clear the guilty. 

Num. 14: 18 The Lord is long-suffering, and of great 
mercy, forgiving iniquity and transgression, and by no means 
clearing the guilty. 

Dt. 4: 31 (The Lord thy God is a merciful God ;) he will 
not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant 
of thy fathers, which he sware unto them. 

Ps. 25: 6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender mercies and thy 
loving-kindnesses; for they have been ever of old. — 36: 7 
How excellent is thy loving kindness, O God ! therefore the 
children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings. 
— 86: 5 Thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; and 
plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee. — 100: 5 
The Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and his truth 
endureth to all generations. — 103: 8 The Lord is merciful 
and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. 9 He 
will not always chide ; neither will he keep his anger for ever. 
10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor rewarded us 
according to our iniquities. — 106: 44 He regarded their 
affliction when he heard their cry : 45 And he remembered 
for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude 
of his mercies. — 116: 5 Gracious is the Lord, and righteous ; 
yea, our God is mercifuh — 119: 64 The earth, O Lord, 25 
full of thy mercy. — 138: 8 The Lord will perfect that which 
concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, endureth for ever: forsake 
not the works of thine own hands. 

Dan. 9: 9 To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgive- 
nesses ; though we have rebelled against him. 

Joel 2: 13 Rend your heart, and not your garments, and 
turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and merci- 
ful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of 
the evil. 

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god's moral perfection. 234 

Sovereignty. 

Jonah 4: 2 I fled before unto Tarshish : for I knew that thou 
art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great 
kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. 

Lk. 6: 35 Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and 
ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto 
the unthankful and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, 
as your Father also is merciful. 

Ep. 2: 4 God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath 
quickened us together with Christ ; (by grace ye are saved ;) 
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together 
in heavenly places^ in Christ Jesus : 7 That in the ages to 
come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in Ms 
kindness toward us, through Christ Jesus. 

[See 225, 228, 372, 585, 672.] 

234. Sovereignty ^freedom, and independence of God. 

Job 23: 13 He is in one mind, and who can turn him ? and 
what his soul desireth, even that he doeth. — 33: 13 Why dost 
thou strive against him ? for he giveth not account of any of 
his matters. 

Ps. 115: 3 Our God is in the heavens ; he hath done what- 
soever he pleased. — 135: 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, 
that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep 
places. 

Is. 55: 10 As the rain cometh down, and the snow from 
heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and 
maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the 
sower, and bread to the eater : 1 1 So shall my word be that 
goeth forth out of my mouth : it shall not return unto me void, 
but it shaU accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper 
in the thing whereto I sent it. 

Dan. 4: 35 All the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as 
nothing : and he doeth according to his will in the army of 
heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth : and none can 
stay his hand, or say unto him. What doest thou ? 

Mat. 11: 25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank 
thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast 
hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes. 26 Even so. Father, for so it seemed good 
in thy sight. — 20: 12 These last have wrought hut one hour, 
and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the 
burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them, 
and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong : didst not thou agree with 

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235 god's moral perfection. 

Truth. 

me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is and go thy way: I will 
give unto this last, even as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for 
me to do what I will with mine own ? is thine eye evil because 
I am good ? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for 
many be called, but few chosen. 

Rom. 9: 15 He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom 
I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will 
have compassion. 16 So then, it is not of him that willeth, 
nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. 17 
For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same pur- 
pose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in 
thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the 
earth. 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have 
mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth. 

Ep. 1: 11 Who worketh all things after the counsel of his 
own will. 

Ph. 2: 13 For it is God which worketh in yiu both to will 
and to do of his good pleasure. [See 240-8.] 

235. Truth of God, 

Ex. 34: 6 The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed, 
The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-sufier- 
ing, and abundant in goodness and truth. 

Num. 23: 19 God is not a man, that he should lie ; neither 
the son of man, that he should repent : hath he said, and 
shall he not do it 1 or hath he spoken, and shall he not make 
it good ? 

Dt. 32: 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his 
ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just 
and right is he. 

1 S. 15: 29 The Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent : 
for he is not a man, that he should repent. 

Ps. 19: 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for ever : 
the judgments of the Lord are true a7id righteous altogether. 
— 89: 14 Justice and judgment are the habitation of thy 
throne : mercy and truth shall go before thy face. — 100: 5 
The Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; and his truth 
endureth to all generations. — 119: 142 Thy righteousness is 
an everlasting righteousness, and thy law 25 the truth. — 146: 6 
Which keepeth truth for ever. 

Is. 25: 1 Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. 

Dan. 4: 37 I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honor 
the King of heaven, aU of whose works are truth, and his ways 
judgment. 

Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, 
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god's moral perfection. 236 

Vindicative Justice. 

and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are 
thy works, Lord God Almighty ; just and true are thy ways, 
thou King of saints. [See 226.] 

236. Vindicative justice of God. 

Ex. 15: 3 The Lord is a man of war: the Lord is his name. 

Dt. 4: 24 For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even a 
jealous God. — 32: 35 To me helongeth vengeance, and recom- 
pense ; their foot shall slide in due time : for the day of their 
calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them 
make haste. 39 See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no 
god with me : I kill, and I make alive : I wound, and I heal : 
neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For 
I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I 
whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judg- 
ment ; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will 
reward them that hate me. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk 
with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that v^iih the 
blood of the slain and of the captives from the beginning of 
revenges upon the enemy. 

Ps. 78: 49 He cast upon them the fierceness of his anger, 
wrath, and indignation, and trouble, by sending evil angels 
among them, 50 He made a way to his anger ; he spared not 
their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence ; 
51 And smote all the first-born in Egypt ; the chief of their 
strength, in the tabernacles of Ham. — 97: 3 A fire goeth before 
him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 

Is. 30: 27 Behold, the name of the Lord cometh from far, 
burning with his anger, and the burden thereof is heavy : his 
lips are full of indignation, and his tongue as a devouring fire. 

— 35: 4 Say to them that are of a fearful heart. Be strong, 
fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even 
God with a recompense ; he will come and save you. — 59: 17 
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of 
salvation upon his head ; and he put on the garments of ven- 
geance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 18 
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his 
adversaries, recompense to his enemies ; to the islands he will 
repay recompense. 19 So shall they fear the name of the 
Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. 

— Q^: 14 The hand of the Lord shall be known toward his 
servants, and his indignation toward his enemies. 15 For 
behold, the Lord wiU come with fire, and with his chariots like 
a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with 
flames of fire. 

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^7 god's moral perfection. 

Vindicative Justice amiable. 

Lam. 2: 4 He hath bent his bow like an enemy : he stood 
with his right hand as an adversary, and slew ^ that were 
pleasant to the eye in the tabernacle of the daughter of Zion : 
he poured out his fury like fire. 

Ezk. 7: 8 Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, 
and accomplish mine anger upon thee : and I will judge thee 
according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine 
abominations. 

Nah. 1: 2 God is jealous, and the Lord revengeth : the 
Lord revengeth, and is furious : the Lord will take vengeance 
on his adversaries, and he reserveth wrath for his enemies. 6 
Who can stand before his indignation ? and who can abide in 
the fierceness of his anger ? his fury is poured out like fire, 
and the rocks are thrown down by him. 

Rom. 3: 5 is God unrighteous, who taketh vengeance ? (I 
speak as a man,) 6 God forbid : for then how shall God 
judge the world? — 11: 22 Behold therefore the goodness and 
severity of God: on them which fell, severity: but toward thee, 
goodness, if thou continue in his goodness : otherwise thou also 
shalt be cut off. — 12: 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not your- 
selves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Ven- 
geance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

2 Cor. 5: 11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we 
persuade men ; but we are made manifest unto God ; and I 
trust also are made manifest in your consciences. 

2 Th. 1: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recom- 
pense tribulation to them that trouble you, 7 And to you, who are 
troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed 
from heaven with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking 
vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the 
gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

Heb. 12: 29 Our God ^5 a consuming fire. [Ps. 18: 6 — 14.] 

[See 230, 232, and Punishment future.] 

237. God's vindicative justice amiable^ desirable and comforting. 

Dt. 32: 43 E-ejoice, O ye nations, with his people : for he will 
avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance 
to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to 
his people. 

Ps. 28: 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according 
to the wickedness of their endeavors : give them after the work 
of their hands ; render to them their desert. 5 Because they 
regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his 
hands. — 48: 11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of 
Judah be glad, because of thy judgments. — 58: 9 He shall 
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god's moral perfection. 238 

Zeal of God. 

tate them away as with a whirlwind, both living and in his 
wrath. 10 The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the 
vengeance : he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked. — 
97: 8 Zion heard, and was glad ; and the daughters of Judah 
rejoiced because of thy judgments, O Lord. — 136: 1 O give 
thanks unto the Lord ; for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 10 To him that smote Egypt in their first-born: 
for his mercy endureth for ever : 1 1 And brought out Israel 
from among them : for his mercy endureth for ever. [See the 
whole Psalm.] 

Jer. 11: 19 I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to 
the slaughter ; and I knew not that they had devised devices 
against me, saying^ Let us destroy the tree with the fruit 
thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that 
his name may be no more remembered. 20 But, O Lord 
of hosts, that judgest righteously, that triest the reins and the 
heart, let me see thy vengeance on them : for unto thee have I 
revealed my cause. 

Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I 
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted : 
and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my 
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 

[See 88, 571.] 

238. Zeal of God. 

Dt. 7: 10 He will not be slack to him that hateth him, he 
will repay him to his face. 

Is. 9: 7 Of the increase of his government and peace there 
shall he no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom 
to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice 
from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts 
will perform this. — 40: 28 Hast thou not known? hast thou 
not heard^ that the everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of 
the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? — 59: 17 
He put on righteousness as a breastplate, and a helmet of salva- 
tion upon his head ; and he put on the garments of vengeance 
for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloak. 

Ezk. 5: 13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I 
will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted : 
and they shall know that I the Lord have spoken it in my 
zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 

2 Pet. 3: 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as 
some men count slackness. [See 208.] 

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239 — 241 god's prerogatives. 

Of Property in us — over Natural Law — To give Moral Law. 

PREROGATIVES, OR RIGHTS OF GOD. 

239. God's right of property in his creatures. 

1 Ch. 29: 11 All that is in the heaven and in the earth is 
thine. 

Ps. 24: 1 The earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof; 
the world, and thej that dwell therein. — 50: 10 Every beast 
of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 
I know all the fowls of the mountains : and the wild beasts of 
the field are mine. 1 2 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee : 
for the world is mine and the fulness thereof. — 95: 5 The sea 
is his, and he made it : and" his hands formed the dry land. 6 
O come, let us worship and bow down : let us kneel before the 
Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God ; and we are the people 
of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. — 100: 3 The Lord 
he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; 
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. 

Ezk. 18: 4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the 
father, so also the soul of the son is mine. 

Rom. 14: 8 Whether we live, therefore, or die, we axe the 
Lord's. 

240. Gods right to establish and control natural law. 

Job 38: 33 Knowest thou the ordinances of heaven ? 

Ps. 119: 90 Thou hast established the earth, and it abideth. 
91 They continue this day according to thine ordinances. 

Pr. 3: 19 The Lord by wisdom hath founded the earth; by 
understanding hath he established the heavens. 

Jer. 31: 35 Thus saith the Lord, which giveth the sun for a 
light by day, and the ordinances of the moon and of the stars for 
a light by night, which divideth the sea when the waves thereof 
roar; The Lord of hosts is his name. — 33: 25 Thus saith the 
Lord ; If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have 
not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth; 26 Then 
will I cast away the seed of Jacob. 

241. Gods right to give supreme moral law. 

Ex. 20: 2 I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee 
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 3 Thou 
shalt have no other gods before me. 

1 Ch. 29: 11 Thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art 
exalted as head above all. 

Mat. 4: 10 Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan : 
for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and 
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GODS PREROGATrVTES. 242 

To Regenerate or not. 

him only shalt thou serve. — 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all 
thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and 
great commandment. [See 280.] 

242. God^s right to regenerate^ or not — to give or tmthhold success to 
means — and to form, turn and control the heaHs of men. 

Dt. 29: 4 The Lord hath not given you an heart to perceive, 
and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day. 

1 S. 26: 19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king 
hear the words of his servant. K the Lord have stirred thee 
up against me, let him accept an offering : but if they he the 
children of men, cursed he they before the Lord ; for they have 
driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the 
Lord, saying, Go serve other gods. 

Ps. 33: 14 From the place of his habitation he looketh upon 
all the inhabitants of the earth. 15 He fashioneth their hearts 
ahke ; he considereth all their works. 

Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker ! Let 
the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the 
clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy 
work, He hath no hands ? 

Mat. 13: 10 The disciples came, and said unto him. Why 
speakest thou unto them in parables? 11 He answered and 
said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mys- 
teries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. — 
20: 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine 
own? is thine eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last 
shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few 
chosen. 

Rom. 9: 20 Nay but, man, who art thou that repliest 
against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed 
eV, Why hast thou made me thus? 21 Hath not the potter 
power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto 
honor, and another unto dishonor ? 22 What if God, willing 
to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured 
wdth much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruc- 
tion : 23 And that he might make known the riches of his 
glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared 
unto glory. 

2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

[See 234, 264, 435.] 

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243,244 god's prerogatives. 

To try us by Tempters — To require Human Life. 

243. God's right to try us hy tempters^ temptations^ and stumhlinc/'blocks. 

Dt. 13: 1 If there arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer 
of dreams, and giveth thee a sign or a wonder, 2 And the sign 
or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, 
Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let 
us serve them ; 3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of 
that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your 
God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God 
with all your heart and with all your soul. 

1 K. 22: 20 The Lord said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that 
he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead ? And one said on 
this manner, and another said on that manner. 21 And there 
came forth a spirit, and stood before the Lord, and said, I will 
persuade him. 22 And the Lord said unto him. Wherewith ? 
And he said, I will go forth, and I will be a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all his prophets. And he said, Thou shalt persuade 
/^^V?^, and prevail also : go forth, and do so. 23 Behold, the 
Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy 
prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. 

Job 2: 6 The Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine 
hand ; but save his life. 7 So went Satan forth from the pres- 
ence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole 
of his foot unto his crown. 

Jer. 6: 21 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will lay stumbling- 
blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together 
shall fall upon them ; the neighbor and his friend shall perish. 

Ezk. 3: 20 When a righteous man doth turn from his right- 
eousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumbling-block 
before him, he shall die. 

Mat. 4: 1 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilder- 
ness to be tempted of the devil. 

1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among you, that 
they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 



244. Gods right to require human life at his plecLSure. 

Gen 22: 2 He said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, 
whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and 
offer him therefor a burnt-offering. 

Dt. 20: 16 Of the cities of these people which the Lord thy 
God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive 
nothing that breatheth : 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them, 
namely^ the Hittites, and the Amorites, the Canaanites, and the 
Perizzites, the ITivites, and the Jebusites, as the Lord thy God 
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god's prerogatives. 245 — 248 

To appoint Rulers — to visit Iniquity — to use Men — to Yindicate. 

hath commanded thee : 18 That they teach you not to do after 
all their abominations which they have done unto their gods ; 
so should ye sin against the Lord your God. 

1 S. 15: 3 Go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that 
they have, and spare them not ; but slay both man and woman, 
infant and suckhng, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

245. God's right to appoint rulers and statutes in judgment. 

1 K. 19: 15 The Lord said unto him, Go, return on thy way 
to the wilderness of Damascus : and when thou comest, anoint 
Hazael to he kino; over Svria. 

2 K. 8: 12 Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he 
answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the 
children of Israel. 

Ezk. 20: 24 Because they had not executed my judgments, 
but had despised my statutes, and had polluted my Sabbaths, 
and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 25 Wherefore 
I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments 
whereby they should not live ; 26 And I polluted them in their 
own gifts, in that they caused to pass through t?te fire all that 
openeth the womb, that I might make them desolate, to the end 
that they might know that I am the Lord. 

Dan. 4: 17 The Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth up over it the 
basest of men. 

Hos. 13: 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him 
away in my wrath. 

246. God's right to visit the iniquity of fathers upon children^ etc. 

Ex. 20: 5 I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate me ; 6 And shewing mercy 
unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my command- 
ments. [See 497.] 

247. God's right to use men insirumentally. 

1 Ch. 6: 15 Jehozadak went into captivity, when the Lord 
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchad- 
nezzar. [See 265.] 

248. God's right to vindicate himself and servants. 

Dt. 32: 35 To me helongeth vengeance, and recompense. 
[See 558.] 

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249 — ^252 god's purposes. 



Perfect — Immutable — Universal — include evils. 



PURPOSES OF GOD. 

249. God has a perfect plan of operations. 

Dt. 32: 4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect. 

Ec. 3: 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be 
for ever : nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from 
it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him. 

[See 304.] 

250. TTie purposes of God eternal and immutable. 

Ps. 33: 11 The counsel of the Lord standeth for ever, the 
thoughts of his heart to all generations. 

Pr. 19: 21 There are many devices in a man's heart; never- 
theless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand. 

Is. 14: 24 The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as 
I have thought, so shall it come to pass ; and as I have pur- 
posed, so shall it stand. 27 For the Lord of hosts hath pur- 
posed, and who shall disannul it ? and his hand is stretched 
out, and who shall turn it back ? — 46: 9 I am God, and there 
is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, 10 Declar- 
ing the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things 
that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will 
do all my pleasure. 

Ep. 3: 11 According to the eternal purpose which he pur- 
posed in Christ Jesus our Lord. [See 217.] 

251. The purposes of God universal and particular. 

Job 14: 5 Seeing his days are determined, the number of his 
months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he 
cannot pass. 

Is. 14: 26 This is the purpose that is purposed upon the 
whole earth : and this is the hand that is stretched out upon 
all the nations. 

Ac. 17: 26 Hath made of one blood all nations of men for 
to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the 
times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. 

Ep. 1:11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. See [307.] 

252. Purposes of God include natural and moral evil. 

Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 

and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 

hands have crucified and slain. — 4: 27 Of a truth against thy 

holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and 

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National Election --Individual Election. 



Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, 
were gathered together, 28 For to do whatsoever thy hand 
and thy counsel determined before to be done. — 13: 29 When 
they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him 
down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulchre. 

1 Pet. 2: 8 A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offence, even to 
them which stumble at the word, being disobedient : whereunto 
also they were appointed. 

Jude 4 There are certain men crept in unawares, who were 
before of old ordained to this condemnation, ungodly men, 
turning the grace of our God into lasciviousness, and denying 
the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. 17: 17 God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, 
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until 
the words of God shaU be fulfilled. [See 3, 264-7.] 

253. National election.. 

Dt. 4: 20 The Lord hath taken you, and brought you forth 
out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a 
people of inheritance, as ye are this day. — 7: 6 Thou art an 
holy people unto the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God hath 
chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all peo- 
ple that are upon the face of the earth. — 32: 9 The Lord's 
portion is his people; Jocob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilder- 
ness ; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the 
apple of his eye. 

Ps. 33: 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord ; 
and the people ivhom he hath chosen for his own inheritance. 

Is. 45: 4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and Israel mine elect, 
I have even called thee by thy name. 

Rom. 3: 1 What advantage then hath the Jew ? or what 
profit is there of circumcision ? 2 Much every way : chiefly, 
because that unto them were committed the oracles of God. — 
9: 4 Who are Israelites ; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and 
the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and 
the service of God^ and the promises. 

254. Individual election. 

Mat. 20: 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for 
many be called, but few chosen. — 24: 22 For the elect's sake 
those days shall be shortened. 

Jn. 13: 18 I speak not of you all ; I know whom I have 
chosen. — 15: 16 Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen 
you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, 

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PURPOSES. 



Indivi lual Election. 



and that your fruit sliould remain. 19 If ye were of the world, 
the world would love his own ; but because ye are not of the 
world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the 
world hateth you. 

Ac. 13: 48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, 
and glorified the word of the Lord : and as many as were 
ordained to eternal life, believed. 

Rom. 8: 28 We know that all things work together for good 
to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his 
purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predes- 
tinate to he conformed to the image of his Son, that he might 
be the first-born among many brethren. — 9: 10 Not only this ; 
but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our 
father Isaac. 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither 
having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, accord- 
ing to election might stand, not of works, but of him that 
calleth ;) 12 It was said unto her. The elder shall serve the 
younger. 13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau 
have I hated. 14 What shall we say then? is Mere unright- 
eousness with God? God forbid. 15 For he saith to Moses: 
I wiU have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have 
compassion on whom I will have compassion. — 11:5 Even so 
then at this present time also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace. 7 What then ? Israel hath not obtained 
that which he seeketh for ; but the election hath obtained it, 
and the rest were blinded. 

Ep. 1: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before 
the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love : 5 Having predestinated 
us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, 
according to the good pleasure of his will, 6 To the praise of 
the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in 
the Beloved. 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheri- 
tance, being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. 

1 Th. 1: 4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your election of God. 
— 5:9 God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain sal- 
vation by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2 Th. 2: 13 We are bound to give thinks always to God for 
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the 
beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of 
the Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God 
the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience 
and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 234. 242, 584.] 
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Election before Mth — Vessels of Wrath — Means and Ends. 

255. Election previous to faith, 

Ep. 1: 4 According as he hath chosen us in him, before the 
foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without 
blame before him in love. 

Rev. 17: 8 The beast that thou sawest, was, and is not ; and 
shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition : 
and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, (whose names 
were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the 
w^orld,) when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and 
yet is. 

256. Purposes respecting the " vessels of tvrath" — reprobation. 

Ex. 9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised thee 
up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be 
declared throughout all the earth. 

Pr. 16: 4 The Lord hath made all things for himself: yea, 
even the wicked for the day of evil. 

Mk. 4: 1 1 He said unto them. Unto you it is given to know 
the mystery of the kingdom of God : but unto them that are 
without, all these things are done in parables: 12 That seeing 
they may see, and not perceive ; and hearing they may hear, 
and not understand ; lest at any time they should be converted, 
and their sins should be forgiven them. 

Rom. 9: 17 The Scripture saithunto Pharaoh, Even for this 
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my 
power in thee, and that my name might be declared through- 
out all the earth. 22 What if God, w^illing to shew his wrath, 
and to make his power known, endured with much long-suffer- 
ing the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction : 23 And that he 
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of 
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory. 

2 Cor. 13: 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; 
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how 
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 6 But 
I trust that ye shall know that we are not reprobates. 

2 Pet. 2: 12 These, as natural brute beasts, made to be 
taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they under- 
stand not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption. 

[See 252, 260, 267, 435, 436, 560.] 

257. GWs purposes include means and ends. 

Ac. 27: 22 Now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for 
there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the 
ship. 23 For there stood by me this night the angel of God, 

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258, 259 god's providence or agency. 

Nature and efficacy of. 

whose I am, and whom I serve, 24 Saying, Fear not, Paul ; 
thou must be brought before Cesar : and lo, God hath given 
thee all them that sail with thee. 30 And as the shipmen were 
about to fiee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat 
into the sea, under color as though they would have cast 
anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion, and 
to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be 
saved. 

2 Th. 2; 13 We are bound to give thanks always to God for 
you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the 
beginning chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the 
Spirit, and belief of the truth. 

1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and 
sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. [See 17, (3).] 

258. God's purposes encourage the use of ineans. 

Dan. 9: 2 In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by 
books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord 
came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish 
seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem. And I set my 
face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, 
with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. 

Ac. 18: 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a 
vision. Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy' peace : 10 
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee : 
for I have much people in this city. 11 And he continued 
there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among 
them. [See 431.] 

PROVIDENCE OR AGENCY OF GOD. 

259. Nature and efficacy of God's providence. 

Gen. 1: 3 God said, Let there be light : and there was 
light. 

Ps. 29: 4 The voice of the Lord is powerful ; the voice of 
the Lord is full of majesty. 5 The voice of the Lord 
breaketh the cedars ; yea, the Lord break eth the cedars of 
Lebanon. 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf ; Lebanon 
and Sirion like a young unicorn. 7 The voice of the Lord 
divideth the flames of fire. 8 The voice of the Lord shaketh 
the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. 
9 The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calve. — 33: 6 
By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ; and all the 
host of them by the breath of his mouth. 8 Let all the eartli 
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god's providence or agency. 260 

Particularity and extent of. 

fear the Lord : let all the inhabitants of the world stand in 
awe of him. 9 He spake, and it was done ; he commanded, 
and it stood fast. — 66: 7 He ruleth by his power for ever; 
his eyes behold the nations; let not the rebellious exalt 
themselves. 

Heb. 11: 3 Through faith we understand that the worlds 
were framed by the word of God, so that things which are 
seen were not made of things which do appear. [See 218.] 

260. Particularity and extent of God's providence. 

1 Ch. 29: 12 Both riches and honor come of thee, and thou 
reignest over all ; and in thine hand is power and might ; and 
in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto 
all. 

Ps. 135: 6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in 
heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places. 7 He 
causeth the vapors to ascend from the ends of the earth; he 
maketh lightnings for the rain ; he bringeth the wind out of his 
treasuries. — 147: 8 Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who 
prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon 
the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the 
young ravens which cry. 1 5 He sendeth forth his command- 
ment upon earth : his word runneth very swiftly. 1 6 He giveth 
snow like wool : he scattereth the hoar-frost like ashes. 1 7 He 
casteth forth his ice like morsels : who can stand before his 
cold ? 18 He sendeth out his word, and melteth them : he 
causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. 

Pr. 16: 33 The lot is cast into the lap ; but the whole dis- 
posing thereof is of the Lord. 

Is. 26: 12 Lord, thou wilt ordain peace for us : for thou also 
hast wrought all our works in us. — 45: 7 I form the light, and 
create darkness : I make peace, and create evil : I the Lord 
do all these things. 

Jer. 10: 13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude 
of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapors to ascend 
from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, 
and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. 

Am. 3: 6 Shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not 
done it ? 

Mat. 10: 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and 
one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 
SO But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 

Rom. 11: 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are 
all things : to whom be glory for ever. 

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261, 262 gob's pnOYiDEisrCE or agency. 

Provision for all — Dependance of creatures, 

1 Cor. 12: 6 There are diversities of operations, but it is the 
same God, which worketh all in all. 

Ep. 1: 11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, 
being predestinated according to the purpose of him who 
worketh all things after the counsel of his own will. 

Ph. 2: 13 It is God which worketh in you both to will and 
to do of his good pleasure. 

Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect in 
every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is 
well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom he 
glory for ever and ever. [See 3, 264 — 7.] 

261. Providence supplies temporal wants. 

Ps. 104: 14 He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and 
herb for the service of man : that he may bring forth food out 
of the earth. 21 The young lions roar after their prey, and 
seek their meat from God. 27 These wait all upon thee ; that 
thou mayest give them their meat in due season. 28 That thou 
givest them, they gather : thou openest thy hand, they are 
filled with good. 

Mat. 5: 45 He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. — 6: 26 
Behold the fowls of the air : for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth 
them. 28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider 
the hlies of the field how they grow ; they toil not, neither do 
they spin ; 29 And yet I say unto you. That even Solomon in 
all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 Where- 
fore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and 
to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe 
you, O ye of little faith ? 

262. All creatures dependant upon God's providence. 

Job. 12: 10 In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, 
and the breath of all mankind.' [Dan. 5: 23.] 

Ps. 22: 29 None can keep ahve his own soul. — 87: 7 All 
my springs are in thee. 

Jer. 10: 23 O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in 
himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. — 
18: 6 Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in 
my hand, O house of Israel. 

Jn. 15-: 5 Without me ye can do nothing. 

Ac. 17: 26 Hath made of one blood all nations of men 
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god's providence or agency. 263, 264 

Preserves creatures — Controls the Heart. 

for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation ; 
27 That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel 
after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one 
of us : 28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being ; 
as certain also of your own poets have said. For we are also 
his offspring. 

2 Cor. 3: o Not that we are sufiicient of ourselves to think 
any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God. 

263. All creatures preserved by God's providence. 

Neh. 9: 6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; thou hast made 
heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, 
and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, 
and thou preservest them all. 

Job. 7: 20 I have sinned ; what shall I do unto thee, thou 
Preserver of men? — 10:12 Thy visitation hath preserved 
my spirit. — 34: 14 If he set his heart upon man, ^/*he gather 
unto himself his spirit and his breath ; 15 AU flesh shall perish 
together, and man shall turn again unto dust. 

Ps. 36: 6 O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. — 63: 8 
Thy right hand upholdeth me. — ^^\ 8 bless our God, ye 
people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard : 9 Which 
holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 
— 121: 7 The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil : he shall 
preserve thy soul. 

Pr. 24: 12 He that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it ? 

Heb. 1: 3 Upholding all things by the word of his power. 

264. God forms, turns and governs the heaii. 

1 Ch. 5: 26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul 
king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of 
Assyria, and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and 
the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. 

2 Ch. 18: 31 They compassed about him to fight: but 
Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him ; and God 
moved them to depart from him. 

Ezra 6: 22 And kept the feast of unleavened bread seven 
days with joy: for the Lord had made them joyful, and 
turned the heart of the king of Assyria unto them, to strengthen 
their hands in the work of the house of God, the God of 
Israel. — 7: 27 Blessed be the Lord God of our fathers, which 
hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the 
house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem. 

Pr. 16: 1 The preparations of the heart in man, and the 

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265 god's providence or agency. 

Employs men instrumentally. 

answer of the tongue, is from the Lord. 9 A man's heart de- 
viseth his way: but the Lord directeth his steps. — 21: 1 The 
king's heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of wa- 
ter : he turneth it whithersoever he will. 

Is. 64: 8 Now, O Lord, thou art our Father ; we are the 
claj, and thou our potter ; and we all are the work of thy 
hand. 

Zee. 12: 1 The burden of the word of the Lord for Israel, 
saith the Lord, which stretcheth forth the heavens, and layeth 
the foundation of the earth, and formeth the spirit of man 
within him. 

Ac. 16: 14 A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of pur- 
ple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us : 
whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things 
which were spoken of Paul. [See 242 — 6.] 

265. God employs men as Ms instruments. 

2 S. 7: 1 4 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If 
he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, 
and with the stripes of the children of men. 

2 K. 5: 1 Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of 
Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because 
by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria. 

1 Ch. 6: 15 Jehozadak went into captivity ^vihen the Lord 
carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

Job 1:15 The Sabeans fell upon tJiem^ and took them away. 
17 The Chaldeans made out three bands, and fell upon the 
camels, and have carried them away, yea, and slain the ser- 
vants with the edge of the sword. 21 The Lord gave, and 
the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. 

Ps. 17: 13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, cast him down: 
deliver my soul from the wicked, which is thy sword : 14 From 
men which are thy hand, O Lord, from men of the world, 
which have their portion in tlds life. 

Is. 10: 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff 
in their hand is mine indication. 6 I will send him a2:ainst 
a hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will 
I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and 
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit 
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in 
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Where- 
fore it shall come to pass, that wh ai the Lord hath performed 
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will 
punish the fruit of the stout heai't of the king of Assyria, and 
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god's providence or agency. 266 

In controlling popular favor. 

the glory of his high looks. 15 Shall the axe boast itself 
against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify 
itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake 
itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift 
up itself as if it were no wood. — 13: 5 They come from a far 
country, from the end of heaven, even the Lord, and the 
weapons of his indignation, to destroy the whole land. — 37: 7 
Behold, I will send a blast upon him, and he shall hear a ru- 
mor, and return to his own land ; and I will cause him to fall 
by the sword in his own land. 

Jer. 27: 8 It shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom 
which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of 
Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of 
the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the Lord, 
with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, 
until I have consumed them by his hand. — 50: 9 For lo, 1 
will raise and cause to come up against Babylon an assembly 
of great nations from the north country : and they shall set 
themselves in array against her; from thence she shall be 
taken. 

Ezk. 25: 14 I will lay my vengeance upon Edom by the 
hand of my people Israel. 

Hab. 1: 6 For lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, that bitter and 
hasty nation, which shall march through the breadth of the 
land, to possess the dwelling-places that are not theirs. 12 
Lord, thou hast ordained them for judgment : and, O mighty 
God, thou hast established them for correction. [See 278.] 

266. God's control of popular favor and froicns. 

Gen. 39: 21 The Lord was with Joseph, and shewed him 
mercy, and gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the 
prison. 

Ex. 3: 21 I will give this people favor in the sight of the 
Egyptians : and it shall come to pass, then, when ye go, ye 
shall not go empty. 

Ps. 75: 6 Promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from 
the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge : he 
putteth down one, and setteth up another. 

Dan. 1: 9 God had brought Daniel into favor and tender 
love with the prince of the eunuchs. 

Ac. 7: 9 The patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into 
Egypt : but God was with him, 10 And delivered him out of 
all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight 
of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and he made him governor over 
Egypt, and all his house. 

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267 GOD*S PROVTDENCE OR AGENCY. 

In Moral Evils and Delusions. 

267. God's providence in moral evils and delusions. 

Ex. 7: 3 I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my 
signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt. — 9: 12 The Lord 
hardened the heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened not unto 
them; as the Lord had spoken unto Moses. — 10:1 The Lord 
said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : for I have hardened 
his heart, and the heart of his servants ; that I might shew 
these my signs before him. — 14:8 The Lord hardened the 
heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he pursued after the 
children of Israel. 17 And I, behold, I will harden the hearts 
of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them : and I will get 
me honor upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host. 

Dt. 2; 30 Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by 
him : for the Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and made his 
heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into thine hand, as 
appeareth this day. 

Jos. 11: 19 There was not a city that made peace with the 
children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: 
all other they took in battle. 20 For it was of the Lord to 
harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in 
battle, that he might destroy them. 

Jud. 7: 22 The Lord set every man's sword against his fel- 
low, even throughout all the host. 

2 S. 24: 1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against 
Israel, and he moved David against them to say. Go, number 
Israel and Judah. 

1 K. 22: 23 Behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the 
mouth of all these thy prophets. 

Job 17: 4 Thou hast hid their heart from understanding; 
therefore shalt thou not exalt them, 

Ps. 28: 3 Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the 
workers of iniquity. — 105: 25 He turned their heart to hate 
his people, to deal subtilely with his servants. — 119: 36 In- 
chne my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. 
— 141: 4 Incline not my heart to any evil thing, to practise 
wicked works with men that work iniquity. 

Is. 19: 14 The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the 
midst thereof. — 29: 10 The Lord hath poured out upon you 
the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes : the pro- 
phets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. — 44: 18 They 
have not known nor understood : for he hath shut their eyes, 
that they cannot see ; and their hearts, that they cannot under- 
stand. — 45: 7 I form the light, and create darkness : I make 
peace, and create evil ; I the Lord do all these things, — 63: 17 
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god's providence or agency. 268 

Brings Good out of Evil. 

O Lord, why hast thou made us to err from thy ways, and 
hardened our heart from thy fear ? 

Ezk. 14: 9 If the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken 
a thing, I the Lord have deceived that prophet, and I will 
stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the 
midst of my people Israel. 

Zee. 8: 1 Before these days there was no hire for man, nor 
any hire for beast ; neither was there any peace to him that 
went out or came in because of the affliction : for I set all men 
every one against his neighbor. 

Lk. 10: 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I 
thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou 
hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast re- 
vealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. 

Jn. 12: 39 They could not believe, because that Esaias 
said again, 40 He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened 
their heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, nor un- 
derstand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal 
them. 41 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, 
and spake of him. 

Rom. 9: 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have 
mercy ^ and whom he will he hardeneth. — 11: 7 What then? 
Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for; but the 
election hath obtained it, and the rest were blinded. 8 (Ac- 
cording as it is written, God hath given them the spirit of 
slumber, eyes that they should not see, and ears that they 
should not hear ;) unto this day. 

2 Thes. 2: 10 They received not the love of the truth, that 
they might be saved. 11 And for this cause God shall send 
them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie : 12 That 
they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had 
pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Rev. 17: 17 God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, 
and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the 
words of God shall be fulfilled. [See 252, 256, 435.] 

268. God brings good out of evil — or sin the occasion of good. 

Gen. 45: 5 Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that 
ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve 
life. 

Ex. 9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised thee up, 
for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may be de- 
clared throughout all" the earth. — 10: 1 The Lord said unto 
Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh : for I have hardened his heart, 

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269 god's providence or agency. 

Not the author of confusion. 

and the heart of his servants ; that I might shew these my 
signs before him : 2 And that thou mayest tell in the ears of 
thy son, and of thy son's son, what things 1 have wrought in 
Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them ; that ye 
may know how that I am the Lord. 

Ps. 76: 10 Surely the wrath of man shall praise thee : the 
remainder of wrath shalt thou restrain. 

Mat. 18: 7 Wo unto the world because of offences! for it 
must needs be that offences come ; but wo to that man by 
whom the offence cometh ! 

E-om. 3: 5 If our unrighteousness commend the righteous- 
ness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who 
taketh vengeance ? (I speak as a man,) 6 God forbid : for 
then how shall God judge the world ? 7 For if the truth of 
God hath more abounded through my lie unto his glory ; why 
yet am I also judged as a sinner ? 8 And not rather (as we 
be slanderously reported, and as some affn-m that we say) Let 
us do evil, that good may come ? whose damnation is just. — 
5: 20 Where sin abounded, grace did much more abound. 
— 6: 17 God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin ; but 
ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which 
was delivered you. — 8: 28 We know that all things work to- 
gether for good, to them that love God. 

1 Cor. 11: 19 There must be also heresies among you, that 
they which are approved may be made manifest among you. 

[See 277.] 

269. 6W, not the actor ^ or instigator of sin. 

Jer. 7: 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and 
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other 
gods whom ye know not ; 10 And come and stand before me 
in this house, which is called by my name, and say. We are 
delivered to do all these abominations ? 

1 Cor. 14: 33 God is not the author of confusion, but of 
peace, as in all churches of the saints. 

Jam. 1: 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God : for God*cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
tempteth he any man : 1 4 But every man is tempted, when 
he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then, when 
lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, when it is 
finished, bringeth forth death. 1 6 Do not err, my beloved 
brethren. 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from 
above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom 
is no variableness, neither shadow of turning. — 3: 14 If ye 
have bitter envying and strife in your heai-ts, glory not, and lie 
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Different motives. 

not against the truth. 15 This wisdom descendeth not from 
above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. 16 For where envying 
and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 17 But 
the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, 
gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, 
without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

1 Jn. 2: 1 6 All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and 
the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, 
but is of the world. 

270. God and mankind often have different motives in effecting the same 
events. 

Gen. 45: 4 Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, 
I pray you : and they came near : and he said, I am Joseph 
your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be 
not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: 
for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6 For these 
two years hath the famine been in the land : and yet there are 
five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor har- 
vest. — 50: 19 Joseph said unto them. Fear not: for am I in 
the place of God ? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against 
me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this 
day, to save much people alive. 

Is. 10: 5 O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in 
their hand is mine indignation. 6 I will send him against a 
hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath wiU I 
give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and 
to tread them down like the mire of the streets. 7 Howbeit 
he meaneth not so, neither doth his heart think so ; but it is in 
his heart to destroy and cut off nations not a few. 12 Where- 
fore it shall come to pass, that when the Lord hath performed 
his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will 
punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and 
the glory of his high looks. 

Mk. 15: 9 Pilate answered them saying. Will ye that I re- 
lease unto you the King of the Jews ? 10 (For he knew that 
the chief priests had delivered him for envy.) 

Jn. 8: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, 
but have everlasting life. 

Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. 

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271 god's providence or agency. 

Freedom and activity under. 

271. Freedom and activity^ under the providence of God. 

Ex. 8: 32 Pharaoh hardened his heart at this time also, 
neither would he let the people go. — 9: 27 And Pharaoh sent 
and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have 
sinned this time : the Lord is righteous, and I and my people 
are wicked. — 10: 16 Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in 
haste ; and he said, I have sinned against the Lord your God, 
and against you. 17 Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my 
sin only this once, and entreat the Lord your God that he may 
take away from me this death only. 

Dt. 30: 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against 
you, that I have set before you Ufe and death, blessing and 
cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed 
may live. 

Jos. 24: 15 If it seem evil unto you to serv^e the Lord, choose 
you this day whom ye will serve. 

2 S. 24: 1 Again the anger of the Lord was kindled against 
Israel, and he moved David against them to say. Go, number 
Israel and Judah. 10 And David's heart smote him after that 
he had numbered the people. And David said unto the Lord, 
I have sinned greatly in that I have done : and now, I beseech 
thee, O Lord, take away the iniquity of thy servant ; for I 
have done very foolishly. 

Pr. 1: 29 They hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear 
of the Lord : 30 They would none of my counsel : they 
despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the 
fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. — 
1 6: 9 A man's heart deviseth his way : but the Lord directeth 
his steps. — 23: 26 My son, give me thy heart. 

Song 1: 4 Draw me, we will run after thee. 

Is. 66: 3 Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their 
soul delighteth in their abominations. 

Hos. 13: 9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself. 

Mat. 13: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and ^^ezV 
ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed. — 
18: 7 Wo unto the world because of offences ! for it must 
needs be that offences come ; but wo to that man by whom the 
offence cometh ! 

Lk. 22: 22 Truly the Son of man goeth as it was deter- 
mined : but wo unto that man by whom he is betrayed ! 

Jn. 5: 40 Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 

Ac. 4: 27 Of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom 
thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Poatius Pilate, with the 
Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together, 
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Objections — Objectors reproved. 

28 For to do whatsoever thy hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. 

Rom. 2: 15 (AYhich shew the work of the law written in 
their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their 
thoughts the meanwhile accusing, or else excusing one another.) 

Ph. 2: 12 Work out your own salvation with fear and trem- 
bling: 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and 
to do of Ms good pleasure. [See 128, 329, 373, 556, 600-1.] 

272. Objections against Gocts providential government. 

Ezk. 33: 20 Yet ye say. The way of the Lord is not equal. 
O ye house of Israel, I will judge you every one after his 
ways. 

Mat. 25: 24 Then he which had received the one talent 
came, and said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, 
reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou 
hast not strewed : 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy 
talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. 

Rom. 3: 7 If the truth of God hath more abounded through 
my lie unto his glory ; why yet am I also judged as a sinner ? 
8 And not rather (as we be slanderously reported, and as some 
affirm that we say) Let us do evil, that good may come ? whose 
damnation is just. — 9: 19 Thou wilt say then unto me. Why doth 
he yet find fault ? for who hath resisted his will ? 20 Nay, 
but, man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the 
thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made 
me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the 
same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and another unto 
dishonor ? [See 373, 695, 706.] 

273. Objectors against Providence reproved. 

Job iO: 2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty 
instruct him ? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. 

Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker ! Let 
the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the 
clay say to him that fashioneth it. What makest thou? or thy 
work. He hath no hands ? 10 Wo unto him that saith unto his 
father. What begettest thou ? or to the woman. What hast thou 
brought forth ? 

Mat. 20: 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with 
mine own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good ? 

Lk. 19: 27 Those mine enemies, which would not that I 
should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 

Rom. 9: 20 Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against 
God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why 

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Wonderful ; and incomprehensible. 

liast thou made me thus ? 21 Hath not the potter power over 
the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honor, and 
another unto dishonor? 

274. T'he works and ways of Providence wonderful. 

Ex. 15: 11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? 
who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing 
wonders ? 

Dt. 4: 32 Ask now of the days that are past, which were 
before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, 
and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether 
there hath been ajiy such thing as this great thing is, or hath 
been heard like it ? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God 
speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and 
live ? 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation 
from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and 
by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a 
stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 

Job 5: 8 I would seek unto God, and unto God would I 
commit my cause : 9 Which doeth great things and unsearch- 
able, marvellous things without number. 

Ps. 77: 111 wiU remember the w^orks of the Lord : surely 
I will remember thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also 
of all thy work, and talk of thy doings. 13 Thy way, O God, 
is in the sanctuary : who is so great a God as our God! 14 
Thou art the God that doest wonders : thou hast declared thy 
strength among the people. 

Dan. 4: 3 How great are his signs ! and how mighty are 
his wonders ! his kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his 
dominion is from generation to generation. 

275. The Providence of God incomprehensible. 

Ps. 36: 6 Thy righteousness is like the great mountains ; 
thy judgments are a great deep : O Lord, thou preservest man 
and beast. — 77: 19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in 
the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known. — 97: 2 
Clouds and darkness are round about him : righteousness and 
judgment are the habitation of his throne. 

Pr. 25: 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the 
honor of kings is to search out a matter. 

Ec. 3: 11 He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: 
also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can 
find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. 

Rom. 11: 33 O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom 
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His Revelations make men know Him. 

and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out ! 34 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord ? or who hath been liis counsellor ? 35 Or 
who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto 
him again ? 36 For of him, and through him, and to him are 
all things : to whom he glory for ever. [See 214, 222.] 

276. Revelations and wonders of Providence make men know the Lord. 

Ex. 8: 22 I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in 
which my people dwell, that no swarms of flies shall be there ; 
to the end thou may est know that I am the Lord in the midst 
of the earth. — 9: 16 In very deed for this cause have I raised 
thee up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my name may 
be declared throughout all the earth. 

Dt. 4: 34 Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation 
from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and 
by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a 
stretched out-arm, and by great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes ? 
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the 
Lord he is God : there is none else beside him. 36 Out of 
heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct 
thee : and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire ; and thou 
heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And be- 
cause he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after 
them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power 
out of Egypt ; 38 To drive out nations from before thee, 
greater and mightier than thou art^ to bring thee in, to give thee 
their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. 39 Know 
therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the Lord 
he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath : there 
is none else. 

Jos. 4: 23 The Lord your God dried up the waters of Jor- 
dan from before you, until ye were passed over, as the Lord 
your God did to the Red sea, which he dried up from before 
us, until we were gone over : 24 That all the people of the 
earth might know the hand of the Lord, that it i$ mighty, that 
ye might fear the Lord your God for ever. 

1 K. 18: 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people 
may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast 
turned their heart back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord 
fell, and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the 
stones, and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. 
39 And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces : and 
they said, The Lord he is the God ; the Lord, he is the God. 
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277, 278 god's providence or agency. 

Will glorify him — is desirable, etc. 

Ezk. 25: 7 Behold, therefore I will stretch out mine hand 
upon thee, and will deliver thee for a spoil to the heathen ; 
and I will cut thee off from the people, and I will cause thee 
to perish out of the countries : I will destroy thee ; and thou 
shalt know that I am the Lord. 

Dan. 4: 25 That they shall drive thee from men, and thy 
dweUing shall be with the beasts of the field, and they shall 
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they shall wet thee with 
the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee, tiU 
thou know that the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. [See 4, 207, 570.] 

277. Grod will he glorified hy all his ivorks — Satan defeated. 

Num. 14: 20 The Lord said, I have pardoned according to 
thy word : 21 'But as truly as I live, all the earth shall be filled 
with the glory of the Lord. 

Ps. 46: 10 Be still, and know that I am God : I will be 
exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the eai-th. — 
86: ^ All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship 
before thee, O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. — 104: 31 The 
glory of the Lord shall endure for ever: the Lord shall 
rejoice in his works. — 145: 10 All thy works shall praise 
thee, O Lord ; and thy saints shall bless thee. 1 1 They shall 
speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power ; 
12 To make known to the sons of men his mighty acts, and 
the glorious majesty of his kingdom. 

Lk. 10: 18 He said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning 
fall from heaven. 

1 Jn. 3: 8 For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, 
that he might destroy the works of the devil. 

[See 209, 268, 587.] 

278. The providential government of God desirable^ and a foundation for 
hope^joy^ and submission, 

1 S. 3: 18 It is the Lord : let him do what seemeth him good. 

2 S. 16: 10 The king said, What have I to do with you, ye 
sons of Zeruiah? so let him curse, because the Lord hath 
said unto him. Curse David. Who shall then say. Wherefore 
hast thou done so ? 11 And David said to Abishai, and to all 
his servants. Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, 
seeketh my life : how much more now may this Benjamite do 
it ? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hathbidden 
him. 

Job 1: 15 The Sabeans fell upon them, and took them away ; 
yea, they have slain the servants with the edge of the sword ; 
and I only am escaped alone to tell thee. 21 The Lord gave, 
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and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the 
Lord. 22 Li all this Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. 

Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; because 
thou didst iL — 97: 1 The Lord reigneth ; let the earth re- 
joice ; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 

Is. 52: 7 How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of 
him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace ; that 
bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation ; that 
saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 

Jn. 18: 11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put up thy sword 
into the sheath: the cup which my Father hath given m«, 
shall I not drink it ? [See 296-9.] 

279. The wisdom of studying and exhibiting the perfections, purposes, and 
providential government of God. 

Dt. 32: 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech 
shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, 
and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish 
the name of the Lord. 

Ps. 36: 9 With thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall 
we see light. 

Jn. 17: 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not known 
thee : but I have known thee, and these have known that thou 
hast sent me. 26 And I have declared unto them thy name, 
and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved 
me, may be in them, and I in them. 

2 Cor. 3: 18 We all, with open face, beholding as in a glass 
the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from 
glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord. 

[See 48, 51, 433, 458.] 

LAW OF GOD. 

280. God the supreme and rightful Lawgiver and Governor. 

Ps. 22: 28 The kingdom is the Lord's : and he is the gov- 
ernor among the nations. — 47: 2 The Lord Most High is 
terrible; he is sl great King over all the earth. 7 For God is 
the Bang of all the earth : sing ye praises with understanding. 
8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon the throne 
of his hohness. — 89: 18 The Lord is our defence ; and the 
Holy One of Israel is our King. — 99: 1 The Lord reign- 
eth ; let the people tremble : he sitteth between the cherubims, 
let the earth be moved. — 103: 19 The Lord hath prepared 
his throne in the heavens ; and his kingdom ruleth over all. — 
146: 10 The Lord shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, 
unto all generations. Praise ye the Lord. 

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The Decalogue. 



Is. 33: 22 The Lord is our judge, the Lord is our lawgiver, 
the Lord is our King ; he will save us. 

Dan. 4: 34 At the end of the days, I Nebuchadnezzar 
lifted up mine ejes unto heaven, and mine understanding 
returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised 
and honored him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an 
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to 
generation. 

Rev. 19: 6 The Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 16 And 
he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING 
OF KINGS,AND LORD OF LORDS. 

[See 241, 260, 744.] 

281. Decalogue, or comprehensive precepts of the law of God. 

Preface. 

Ex. 20: 1 God spake all these words, saying, 2 I am the 
Lord thy God which have brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

First Commandment. 

3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Second Commandment. 

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any 
likeness of ani/ thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the 
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5 Thou 
shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for I the 
Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the 
fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation 
of them that hate me ; 6 And showing mercy unto thousands 
of them that love me, and keep my commandments. 

Third Commandment. 

7 Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in 
vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his 
name in vain. 

Fourth Commandment. 

8 Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days 
shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the seventh 
day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not 
do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man- 
servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger 
that is within thy gates : 1 1 For in six days the Lord made 
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested 
the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, 
and hallowed it. 

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Fifth Commandment. 

12 Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be 
long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

Sixth Commandment, 

13 Thou Shalt not kill. 

Seventh Commandm.ent. 

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Eighth Commandment. 

15 Thou shalt not steal. 

Ninth Commandment. 

16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. 

Tenth Commandment. 

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, thou shalt 
not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his 
maid-servant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy 
neighbor's. 

Elevenik Commandment. 

Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you. That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. 35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disci- 
ples, if ye have love one to another. 

282. Circumstances connected with the promulgation of the Decalogue. 

Ex. 19: 10 The Lord said unto Moses, Gro unto the people, 
and sanctify them to-day and to-morrow, and let them wash 
their clothes, 11 And be ready against the third day: for 
the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the 
people upon mount Sinai. 12 And thou shalt set bounds unto 
the people round about, saying, Take heed to yourselves, that 
ye go not up into the mount, or touch the border of it : who- 
soever toiicheth the mount shall be surely put to death : 13 
There shall not a hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned 
or shot through : whether it he beast or man, it shall not Hve : 
when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the 
mount. 16 It came to pass on the third day in the morning, 
that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud 
upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; 
so that all the people that was in the camp trembled. 17 And 
Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with 
God ; and they stood at the nether part of the mount. 18 
And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the 
Lord descended upon it in fire : and the smoke thereof 
ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount 
quaked greatly. 19 And when the voice of the trumpet 

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sounded long, and waxed louder and louder, Moses spake, and 
God answered him by a voice. 20 And the Lord came down 
upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount ; and the Lord 
called Moses ufp to the top of the mount ; and Moses went 
up. 21 And the Lord said unto Moses, Go down, charge 
the people, lest they break through unto the Lord to gaze, 
and many of them perish. 22 And let the priests also which 
come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord 
break forth upon them. 23 And Moses said unto the Lord, 
The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai : for thou charg- 
edst us, saying, Set bounds about the mount, and sanctify it. 
24 And the Lord said unto him. Away, get thee down, and 
thou shalt come up, thou, and Aaron with thee ; but let not the 
priests and the people break through, to come up unto the 
Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 25 So Moses went 
down unto the people, and spake unto them. 

Dt. 5: 22 These words the Lord spake unto all your 
assembly in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, of the 
cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice ; and he 
added no more : and he wrote them in two tables of stone, and 
delivered them unto me. 23 And it came to pass, when ye 
heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, (for the 
mountain did burn with fire,) that ye came near unto me, even 
all the heads of your tribes, and your elders ; 24 And ye 
said. Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory, 
and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the 
midst of the fire. 

283. Illustrations and summaries of the Decalogue. 

Mat. 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said. Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy: 44 But I say 
unto you. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do 
good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despite- 
fuUy use you, and persecute you ; 45 That ye may be the 
children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh 
his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain 
on the just and on the unjust. 46 If ye love them which love 
you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the 
same ? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more 
than others ? do not even the publicans so ? 48 Be ye therefore 
perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect — 7: 12 
All things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye 
even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. — 22: 35 
One of them, ivhich was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempt- 
ing him, and sayings 36 Master, which is the great command- 
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His regard for it — Perfection required. 



ment in the law ? 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 
and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great com- 
mandment. 39 And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments 
hang all the law and the prophets. 

Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, 
Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not kill. Thou 
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness. Thou shalt 
not covet ; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended in this saying, namely. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor : 
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

Gal. 5: 1 4 All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

Jam. 2: 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scrip- 
ture. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well : 9 
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are con- 
vinced of the law as transgressors. 10 FOr whosoever shall 
keep the whole law, and yet ofiend in one point, he is guilty of 
aU. [See 413, 414.] 

284. God's regard for his law. 

Is. 42: 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' 
sake ; he will magnify the law, and make it honorable. — 66: 2 
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a con- 
trite spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

Mat. 5: 19 Whosoever th-erefore shall break one of these 
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall 
do, and teach them, the same shall be called great in the king- 
dom of heaven. [See 42, 50.] 

285. The law of God requires moral perfection. 

Gen. 17: 1 I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and 
be thou perfect. 

Dt. 18: 13 Thou shalt be perfect with the Lord thy God. 

1 K. 8: 61 Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord 
our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his command- 
ments. 

Pr. 23: 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but be thou in 
the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

Mat. 5: 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. — 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, 

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Is reasonable — Obedience a privilege. 



Thou Shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and 
great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

1 Cor. 10: 31 Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or what- 
soever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 

2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and 
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. — 13: 11 Be per- 
fect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace. 

Jam. 1: 4 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may 
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. 

1 Pet. 1: 15 As he which hath called you is holy, so be ye 
holy in all manner of conversation ; 16 Because it is written, 
Be ye holy ; for I am holy. 

2 Pet. 3: 11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dis- 
solved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy con- 
versation and godliness, 12 Looking for and hasting unto the 
coming of the day of God. 

Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 
[See 501, 629.] 

286. The law of God reasonable — obeying it perfectly our highest happiness 
and privilege. 

Dt. 6: 24 The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, 
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might 
preserve us alive, as it is at this day. 25 And it shall be our 
righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments 
before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. — 10: 12 
Now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but 
to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and 
with all thy soul, 13 To keep the commandments of the 
Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for 
thy good ? 

Neh. 9: 13 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and 
spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judg- 
ments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments. 

Ps. 19: 7 The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the 
soul : the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the sim- 
ple. 8 The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the 
heart : the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening 
the eyes. 9 The fear of the Lord is clean, enduring for 
ever : the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous alto- 
gether. 10 More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than 
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Penalty of the Law. 



much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honey- 
comb. 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and 
in keeping of them there is great reward. — Ps. 33: 4 The 
word of the Lord is right ; and all his works are done in 
truth. — 119: 86 All thy commandments are faithful. 128 
Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to he 
right; and I hate every false way. 172 My tongue shall 
speak of thy word: for all thy commandments are right- 
eousness. 

Rom. 7: 12 Wherefore the law is holy, and the command- 
ment holy, and just, and good. 

1 Jn. 5: 3 His commandments are not grievous. 

[See Promises in the Index, and 485, 630.] 

287. Penalty of the law of God. 

Gen. 2: 17 Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, 
thou shalt not eat of it : for in the day that thou eatest thereof 
thou shalt surely die. 

Ezk. 18: 4 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. — 33: 11 Say 
unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure 
in the death of the wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his 
way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways ; for why 
will ye die, house of Israel ? 

Mat. 25: 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left 
hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil apd his angels. 

Jn. 8: 51 Yerily, verily, I say unto you, K a man keep my 
saying, he shall never see death. 

Rom. 6: 23 The wages of sin is death : but the gift of God 
is eternal life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. , 

Gal. 3: 10 As many as are of the works of the law, are 
under the curse : for it is written. Cursed is every one that 
continueth not in all things w^hich are written in the book of 
the law to do them. 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the 
curse of the law, being made a curse for us : for it is written, 
Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree. 

Jam. 1: 15 Sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. 

Rev. 2: 11 He that overcometh, shall not be hurt of the 
second death. [See 309, 560-3, 567.1 

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Love to (Jod — Love to God encouraged. 



PRIMAIIY DUTIES TOWARDS GOD. 

288. Love to God required. 

Dt. 6: 5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. — 11: 1 
Thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and 
his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, always. 
— 30: 15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, 
and death and evil ; 1 6 In that I command thee this day to 
love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, that thou 
mayest live and multiply. ^ 

Jos. 22: 5 But take diligent heed to do the commandment 
and the law, which Moses the servant of the Lord charged 
you, to love the Lord your God, and to walk in all his ways, 
and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to 
serve him with all your heart, and with all your soul. 

Pr. 23: 26 My son, give me thine heart. 

Mat. 22: 37 Jesus said unto him. Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. [Mk. 
12: 30, and Lk. 10: 27.] 

Jude 21 Keep yourselves in the love of God. 

[See 283, 601.] 

289. Promises to those who love God. 

Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love 
me, and keep my commandments. 

Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, 
the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand gen- 
erations. — 11: 13 It shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken 
diligently unto my commandments which I command you this 
day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your 
heart and with all your soul, 14 That I will give you the rain 
of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, 
that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine 
oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that 
thou mayest eat and be full. 

Ps. 91: 14 Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore 
will I deliver him : I will set him on high, because he hath 
known my name. — 145:20 The Lord preserveth all them 
that love him : but all the wicked will he destroy. 

Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. 
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Fear of God required. 

Jn. 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 
myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, 
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not 
unto the world ? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him. If a 
man love me, he will keep my words : and my Father will 
love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode 
with him. 

Rom. 8: 28 We know that all things work together for good, 
to them that love God, to them who are the called according 
to his purpose. 

1 Cor. 2: 9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath 
prepared for them that love him. 

Jam. 1:12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation : for 
when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the 
Lord hath promised to them that love him. [See 302, 630.] 

290. The fear of God required. 

Dt. 6: 24 The Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, 
to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might 
preserve us alive, as it is at this day. — 10: 12 Now, Israel, 
what doth the Lord thy God require of thee but to fear the 
Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and 
to serve the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all 
thy soul. 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; him shalt 
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his 
name. 

Jos. 24: 14 Now therefore, fear the Lord, and serve him in 
sincerity and in truth. 

2 K. 17: 35 Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves 
to them, nor serve them, nor sacrifice to them : 36 But the 
Lord, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt with great 
power and a stretched-out arm, him shall ye fear, and him shall 
ye worship, and to him shall ye do sacrifice. 

Ps. 33: 8 Let all the earth fear the Lord : let all the inhabit- 
ants of the world stand in awe of him. — 89: 7 God is greatly 
to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in 
reverence of all them that are about him. 

Pr. 23: 17 Let not thine heart envy sinners : but he thou in 
the fear of the Lord all the day long. 

Ec. 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole 
duty of man. 

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291 god's law PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 

Fear of God encouraged. 

Is. 8: 13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts himself; and let him he 
your fear, and let him he your dread. 

Lk. 12: 5 I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear : Fear him 
which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell ; yea I 
say unto you, Fear him. 

291. Promises to those ivhofear God. 

Job 28: 28 Unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, 
that is wisdom ; and to depart from evil is understanding. 

Ps. 25: 12 What man is he that feareth the Lord? him 
shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. 10 His soul 
shall dwell at ease ; and his seed shall inherit the earth. 14 
The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him ; and he 
will shew them his covenant. — 31: 19 Oh how great i5 thy 
goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee ; 
which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the 
sons of men ! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy 
presence from the pride of man : thou shalt keep them secretly 
in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. — 33: 18 Behold, the 
eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that 
hope in his mercy; 19 To deliver their soul from death, and 
to keep them alive in famine. — 34: 7 The angel of the Lord 
encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth 
them. 8 O taste and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the 
man that trusteth in him. 9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints ; 
for there is no want to them that fear him. — 103: 11 As the 
heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward 
them that fear him. 12 As far as the east is from the west, 
so far hath he removed our transgressions from us. 13 Like 
as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that 
fear him. — 111:5 He hath given meat unto them that fear 
him: he will ever be mindful of his covenant. 10 The fear 
of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding 
have all they that do his commandments : his praise endureth 
for ever. [Pr. 9: 10.] 145: 19 He will fulfil the desire of 
them that fear him : he also will hear their cry, and will save 
them. — 147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear 
him, in those that hope in his mercy. 

Pr. 14: 26 In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: 
and his children shall have a place of refuge. 27 The fear 
of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of 
death. 

Ec. 8: 12 Though a sinner do evil a hundred times, and his 
dai/s be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with 
them that fear God, which fear before him. 
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Trust in God required — encouraged. 

Mai. 3: 1 6 Thej that feared the Lord spake often one to 
another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book 
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared 
the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall 
be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up 
my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own 
son that servethhim. — 4: 2 Unto you that fear my name, shall 
the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and 
ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 

Lk. 1: 50 His mercy is on them that fear him, from genera- 
tion to generation. 

292. Trust and hope in God required. 

Ps. 4: 5 Put your trust in the Lord. — 42: 5 Why art thou 
cast down, O my soul ? and why art thou disquieted in me ? 
hope thou in God : for I shall yet praise him /or the help of his 
countenance. — 62: 8 Trust in him at all times ; ye people, 
pour out your heart before him : God is a refuge for us. — 
115: 9 Israel, trust thou in the Lord : he is their help and 
their shield. 10 O house of Aaron, trust in the Lord : he is 
their help and their shield. 1 1 Ye that fear the Lord, trust 
in the Lord : he is their help and their shield. 

Pr. 3: 5 Trust in the Lord with all thy heart ; and lean not 
unto thine own understanding. 

Is. 26: 4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord 
JEHOVAH is everlasting strength. — 50: 10 Who is among 
you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his ser- 
vant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light ? let him 
trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. 

[See 170, 352.] 

293. Trust and hope in God encouraged — promises. 

2 S. 22: 31 He is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 

Ps. 2: 12 Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. — 
17: 7 Shew thy marvellous loving-kindness, O thou that savest 
by thy right hand them which put their trust in thee from those 
that rise up against them, — 28: 7 The Lord is my strength, 
and my shield ; my heart trusted in him, and I am helped : 
therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song will I 
praise him. — 31:19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou 
hast laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou hast wrought 
for them that trust in thee before the sons of men ! 20 Thou 
shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of 
man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the 
strife of tongues. 24 Be of good courage, and he shall 

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294 god's law — PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 

Trust in God exemplified. 

Strengthen your heart, all ye that hope in the Lord. — 82: 10 
Many sorrows shall he to the wicked: but he that trusteth in 
the Lord, mercy shall compass him about. — 34: 8 O taste 
and see that the Lord is good : blessed is the man that trusteth 
in him. 22 The Lord redeemeth the soul of his servants : 
and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate. — 37: 3 
Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the 
land, and verily thou shalt be fed. — 38: 15 Li thee,0 Lord, 
do I hope : thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. — 40: 4 Blessed 
is that man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not 
the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies. — 112: 6 Surely he 
shall not be moved for ever : the righteous shall be in ever- 
lasting remembrance. 7 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : 
his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. 8 His heart is estab- 
lished, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his 
enemies. — 118: 8 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put 
confidence in man. 9 It is better to trust in the Lord than to put 
confidence in princes. — 125: 1 They that trust in the Lord 
shall he as mount Zion, which cannot be removed, hut abideth 
for ever. — 146: 5 Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for 
his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. 

Pr. 18: 10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the 
righteous runneth into it, and is safe. — 28: 25 He that putteth 
his trust in the Lord shall be made fat. — 29: 25 The fear of 
man bringeth a snare : but whoso putteth his trnst in the Lord 
shall be safe. — 30: 5 Every word of God is pure : he is a 
shield unto them that put their trust in him. 

Is. 26: 3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is 
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. — 57: 13 He that 
putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit 
my holy mountain. 

Jer. 17: 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and 
whose hope the Lord is. 8 He shall be as a tree planted 
by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, 
and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; 
and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall 
cease from yielding fruit. 

294. Examples of trust and hope in God. 

1 S. 17: 37 David said moreover. The Lord that delivered 
me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, 
he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. 

2 K. 18: 5 He [Hezekiah] trusted in the Lord God of 
Israel ; so that after him was none like him among all the 
kings of Judah, nor any that were before him. 6 For be 

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Obedience and Worship required — Joy in God required. 

clave to the Lord, and departed not from following him, but 
kept his commandments, which the Lord commanded Moses. 
7 And the Lord was with him : and he prospered whitherso- 
ever he went forth : and he rebelled against the king of Assy- 
ria, and served him not. 

Job 13: 15 Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. 

Ps. 7: 1 O Lord my God, in thee do I put my trust : save 
me from all them that persecute me, aud deliver me. — h^\ 4 
Li God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust ; I 
will not fear what flesh can do unto me. — 71: 5 For thou art 
my hope, O Lord God : thou art my trust from my youth. 

Dan. 3: 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered 
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to 
answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be 5o, our God whom we 
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and 
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, 
be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, 
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. 

[See 659.] 

295. Obedience^ homage^ and supreme devotion to God required. 

Dt. 13: 4 Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear 
him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye 
shaU serve him, and cleave unto him. 

Ps. 95: 6 O come, let us worship and bow down : let us 
kneel before the Lord our maker. 7 For he is our God ; and 
we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. 
To-day if ye will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as 
in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the 
wilderness. — 96:9 O worship the Lord in the beauty of 
holiness : fear before him, all the earth. — 99: 5 Exalt ye 
the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool ; for he is 
holy. 

Ec. 12: 13 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter : 
Fear God, and keep his commandments : for this is the whole 
duty of man. 

Rom. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mer- 
cies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 

Col. 3: 23 Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, 
and not unto men ; 24 Ejiowing that of the Lord ye shall 
receive the reward of the inheritance : for ye serve the Lord 
Christ. [See 285, 288, 290, 661, 744-5.] 

296. Joy in God required, 

1 Cb. 16: 31 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth 

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297 god's law — PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 

Joy in God. — Examples. 

rejoice : and let men say among the nations, The Lord reigneth. 
32 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof: let the fields 
rejoice, and all that is therein. 

Ps. 5: 11 But let ail those that put their trust in thee rejoice : 
let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them : let 
them also that love thy name be joyful in thee. — 32: 11 Be glad 
in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous : and shout for joy, all^e 
that are upright in heart. — 33: 1 Rejoice in the Lord, O ye 
righteous : for praise is comely for the upright. — 37: 4 Delight 
thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall give thee the desires 
of thine heart. — 40: 16 Let all those that seek thee rejoice 
and be glad in thee : let such as love thy salvation say contin- 
ually, the Lord be magnified. — 68: 3 Let the righteous be 
glad : let them rejoice before God : yea, let them exceedingly 
rejoice. 4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol 
him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and 
rejoice before him. — 97: 1 The Lord reigneth : let the earth 
rejoice ; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof, 2 Clouds 
and darkness are round about him : righteousness and judgment 
are the habitation of his throne. — 149: 2 Let Israel rejoice in 
him that made him : let the children of Zion be joj^ful in their 

King- 
Is. 41: 16 Thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and shalt glory in 

the Holy One of Israel. 

Ph. 3: 1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. — 4: 4 

Rejoice in the Lord always : and again I say, Rejoice. 
[See 52.] 

297. Examples of joy in God, 

1 S. 2: 1 Hannah prayed, and said. My heart rejoiceth 
in the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth 
is enlarged over mine enemies ; because I rejoice in thy 
salvation. 

Nell. 8: 10 He said unto them. Go your way, eat the fat, 
and drink the sweet, and send portions unto them for whom 
nothing is prepared: for this day is holy unto our Lord: 
neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the Lord is your strength. 

Hab. 3: 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit he in the vines ; the labor of the olive shall fail, and 
the field shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the 
fold, and there shall he no herd in the stalls : 18 Yet I will 
rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 
19 The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet 
like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high 
places. 

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GOD^S LAW — PRIMARY REQUIREMENTS. 298,299 

Submission to God and his Law required and exemplified. 

1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love ; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory. 

298. Submission to God required — rebellion forbidden. 

Lev. 26: 41 If then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity: 
42 Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also 
my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham 
will I remember ; and I will remember the land. 43 The land 
also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while 
she lieth desolate without them : and they shall accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they 
despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my 
statutes. 

Dt. 27: 26 Cursed he he that confirmeth not all the words of 
this law to do them : and all the people shall say, Amen. 

Is. 45: 9 Wo unto him that striveth with his Maker ! 

Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. 

Jam. 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. 

[See 278, 536.] 

299. Submission unconditional to God^ exemplified. 

Lev. 10: 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took 
either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense 
thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he 
commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 
3 Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, 
saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, 
and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held 
his peace. 

1 S. 3: 14 Therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, 
that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sac- 
rifice nor offering for ever. 18 And Samuel told him every 
whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said. It is the Lord : 
let him do what seemeth him good. 

2 S. 15: 25 The king [David] said unto Zadok, Carry 
back the ark of God into the city : If I shall find favor in the 
eyes of the Lord, he will bring me again, and shew me both it, 
and his habitation : 26 But if he thus say, I have no delight 
in thee ; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good 
unto him. 

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800 god's law — PRiaiARY REQUIREMENTS. 

Honoring God required. 

Job 1: 19 Behold, there came a great wind from the 
wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell 
upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am 
escaped alone to tell thee. 20 Then Job arose, and rent his 
mantle, and shaved his head, and fell down upon the ground, 
and worshipped, 21 And said, Naked came I out of my 
mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither : The Lord 
gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of 
the Lord. 

Ps. 39: 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; because thott 
didst it. 

Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wiU. 

Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
unto him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee. 19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make 
me as one of thy hired servants. — 23: 40 The other answer- 
ing, rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou 
art in the same condemnation ? 41 And we indeed justly ; 
for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but this man hath 
done nothing amiss. 

Ac. 21: 14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
saying, The will of the Lord be done. 

Rev. 19: 1 After these things I heard a great voice of much 
people in heaven, saying. Alleluia: Salvation, and glory, and 
honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true and 
righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said. Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever 
and ever. [See 356, 414, 674.] 

300. Honoring and glorifying God required and exemplified. 

1 Ch. 16: 28 Give unto the Lord, ye kindreds of the people, 
give unto the Lord glory and strength. 29 Give unto the 
Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and 
come before him : worship the Lord in the beauty of holi- 
ness. 

Job 36: 24 Remember that thou magnify his work which 
men behold. 

Ps. 115: 1 Not unto us, Lord, not unto us, but unto thy 
name give glory, for thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake. 

Pr. 3: 9 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the 
first-fruits of all thine increase. 
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God displeased, when we do not honor him. 

Jer. 13: 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he 
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark 
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the 
shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. 

Mai. 1: 6 A son honoreth his father, and a servant his mas- 
ter : if then I 5e a father, where is mine honor ? and if I ^e a 
master, where is my fear ? saith the Lord of hosts unto you, 
priests, that despise my name. 

Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man ; but hath committed 
all judgment unto the Son : 23 That all men should honor 
the Son, even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth 
not the Son, honoreth not the Father which hath sent him. — 
8: 49 Jesus answered, I have not a devil ; but I honor my 
Father, and ve do dishonor me. 

1 Cor. 6: 20 Ye are bought with a price : therefore glorify 
God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. — 10: 31 
Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all 
to the glory of God. 

1 Tim. 1: 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. 

Kev. 4: 11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and 
honor, and power : for thou hast created all things, and for thy 
pleasure they are and were created. [See 538.] 

301. God displeased with those who will not honor and ghrify him, 

1 S. 2: 30 Them that honor me I will honor, and they that 
despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 

Dan. 5: 23 The God in whose hand thy breath is^ and whose 
are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the 
part of the hand sent from him ; and this writing was written. 
25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, 
TEKEL, UPHARSIN. 

Mai. 2: 2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to 
heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I 
will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your bless- 
ings ; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay 
it to heart. 

Ac. 12: 23 Immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, 
because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of 
worms, and gave up the ghost. 

Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not as 
God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imagina- 
tions, and their foolish heart was darkened. 24 God also gave 
them up to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, 
to dishonor their own bodies between themselves. [See 230.] 

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■ ■ • ■ 

Promises to the obedient. 

GOD'S MOKAL GOVERNMENT. 
302. Promises of temporal good and eternal life to the obedient. 

Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love 
me, and keep my commandments. 

Lev. 18: 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my 
judgments : which if a man do, he shall live in them : I am 
the Lord. 

Dt. 32: 46 He said unto them, Set your hearts unto all the 
words which I testify among you this day, which ye shall 
command your children to observe to do, all the words of this 
law. 47 For it is not a vain thing for you : because it is your 
life. ' 

Neh. 9: 29 And testifiedst against them, that thou mightest 
bring them again unto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, and 
hearkened not unto thy commandments, but sinned against thy 
judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live in them.) 

Ps. 19: 11 Moreover, by them is thy servant warned: and in 
keeping of them there is great reward. — 25: 10 All the paths 
of the Lord are mercy and truth unto such as keep his cove- 
nant and his testimonies. — 103: 17 The mercy of the Lord is 
from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and 
his righteousness unto children's children; 18 To such as 
keep his covenant, and to those that remember his command- 
ments to do them. 

Pr. 3: 1 My son, forget not my law ; but let thine heart 
keep my commandments : 2 For length of days, and long life, 
and peace shall they add to thee. 

Is. 1: 19 If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good 
of the land: 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be 
devoured with the sword : for the mouth of the Lord hath 
spoken it, 

Ezk. 18: 5 But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful 
and right, 9 Hath walked in my statutes, and hath kept my 
judgments, to deal truly ; he is just, he shall surely live, saith 
the Lord God. — 20: 13 The house of Israel rebelled against 
me in the wilderness: they walked not in my statutes, and they 
despised my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even hve 
in them. 

Mat. 7: 21 Not every one that saith unto me. Lord, Lord, 
shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that doeth the 
will of my Father which is in heaven. 24 Therefore, whoso- 
ever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will Hken 
him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rook : 25 
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Punishment of the disobedient — Origin of the Gospel. 

And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was 
founded upon a rock. — 19: 17 He said unto him. Why callest 
thou me good ? there is none good but one, that is, God : but if 
thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. 

Lk. 10: 27 He answering said. Thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy 
strength, and with all thy mind ; and thy neighbor as thyself. 
28 And he said unto him. Thou hast answered right : this do, 
and thou shalt live. 

Jn. 12: 26 If any man serve me, let him follow me, and 
where I am, there shall also my servant be : if any man serve 
me, him will my Father honor. 

Rom. 10: 5 Moses describeth the righteousness which is of 
the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by 
them. 

1 Tim. 4: 8 Godliness is profitable unto all things, having 
promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come. 

Kev. 22: 14 Blessed are they that do his commandments, 
that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in 
through the gates into the city. [See 485, 602, 630.] 

303. Threats of present and future evils to the disohedienl, 

Ps. 34: 16 The face of the Lord is against them that do 
evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. 

Is. 1: 20 If ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with 
the sword : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it, 

Rom. 2: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well- 
doing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortahty ; eternal Hfe : 
8 But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the 
truth, but obey unrighteousness : indignation and wrath, 9 
Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth 
evil ; of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile : 10 But glory, 
honor, and peace, to every man that worketh good ; to the Jew 
first, and also to the Gentile. 

1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not in- 
herit the kingdom of God? [See 486, 561-7, 733.] 



GOSPEL, OR PLAtT OF REDEMPTION. 
304. Its oiigin in God's eternal purpose, 

Ep. 1: 3 Blessed he the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in 
heavenlv lAaces in Christ : 4 According as he hath chosen us 

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Is of grace — its terms. 

in him, before tlie foundation of the world, that we should hn 
holy and without blame before him in love. — 3: 11 According 
to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our 
Lord. 

1 Pet. 1:19 With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 
without blemish and without spot : 20 Who verily was fore- 
ordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest 
in these last times for you. [See 249 — 251.] 

305. Gospel a scheme of grace. 

Ac. 20: 24 None of these things move me, neither count I 
my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with 
joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord Jesus, 
to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 

Eom. 5: 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so 
might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by 
Jesus Christ our Lord. [See 586.] 

306. Its terms ^ as distinguished from those of the law. 

Mk. 16: 15 And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, 
and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He that believ- 
eth and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that believeth not, 
shall be damned. 

Ac. 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

2 Cor. 5: 18 All things are of God, who hath reconciled us 
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry 
of reconciliation ; 19 To wit, that God was in Christ, recon- 
ciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses 
unto them ; and hath committed unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. 20 Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as 
though God did beseech you by us : we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 

Gal. 3: 10 As many as are of the works of the law, are 
under the curse : for it is written. Cursed is every one that 
continueth not in all things which are written in the book of 
the law to do them. 11 But that no man is justified by the 
law in the sight of God, it is evident : for, The just shall live 
by faith. 12 And the law is not of faith: but, The man that 
doeth them shall live in them. 

Col. 1: 20 Having made peace through the blood of his 
cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, Isay^ 
whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And 
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All-comprehensive — requires perfection — Penalty of. 

you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind 
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. [See 183, 606.] 

307. Plan of the gospd^ aU-eomprehensive, 

Ep. 1: 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his 
will, according to his good pleasure, which he hath purposed 
in himself: 10 That in the dispensation of the fulness of 
times he might gather together in one all things in Christ, both 
which are in heavei^ and which are on earth ; even in him : 
11 In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being pre- 
destinated according to the purpose of him who worketh all 
things after the counsel of his own will: 12 That we should 
be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. — 
3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this 
grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles' the un- 
searchable riches of Christ ; 9 And to make all men see what 
is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of 
the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by 
Jesus Christ : 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities 
and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church 
the manifold wisdom of God, 1 1 According to the eternal pur- 
pose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord : 12 In whom 
we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of 
him. [See 251.] 

308. The gospel requires as high moral perfection as the law. 

Mat. 5: 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father 
which is in heaven is perfect. 

Rom. 6: 15 What then? shall we sin, because we are not 
under the law, but under grace ? God forbid. [See 285, 501.] 

309. Fearful penalty of the gospel for resisting its light. 

Mat. 7: 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of 
mine, and doeth them not, shall be Hkened unto a foolish man, 
which built his house upon the sand : 27 And the rain de- 
scended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat 
upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it. — 
11: 20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of 
his mighty works were done, because they repented not. 21 
Wo unto thee, Chorazin ! wo unto thee, Bethsaida I for if the 
mighty works which were done in you, had been done in Tyre 
and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth 
and ashes. 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable 
for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 23 
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt 

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Civil government of God. 



be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works which have 
been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have re- 
mained until this day. 24 But I say unto you. That it shall 
be more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judg- 
ment, than lor thee. — 12: 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise 
in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: be- 
cause they repented at the preaching of Jonas ; and behold, a 
greater than Jonas is here. [Lk. 11: 31, 32.J 

Lk. 12: 47 That servant which kn«w his lord's will, and 
prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be 
beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did 
commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few 
stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be 
much required ; and to whom men have committed much, of 
him they will ask the more. 

Jn. 3: 19 This is the condemnation, that light is come into 
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. 

Heb. 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after that we have received 
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice 
for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and 
fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 28 He 
that despised Moses' law, died without mercy under two or 
three witnesses : 29 Of how much sorer punishment, suppose 
ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot 
the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, 
wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done 
despite unto the Spirit of grace ? [See 161, 348.] 



CIVIL GOVERNMENT. 

310. Divine authority for civil government. 

Ex. 18: 25 Moses chose able men out of all Israel, and 
made them heads over the people, rulers of thousands, rulers 
of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens. 26 And they 
judged the people at all seasons : the hard causes they brouglit 
unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves. 

Num. 11: 11 And Moses said unto the Lord, Wherefore 
hast thou afiiicted thy servant ? and wherelbre have I not found 
favor in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people 
upon me ? 16 And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto 
me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to 
be the elders of the people, and oiiicers over them ; and bring 
them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may 



GOVERNMENT CIVIL. 311 



Expediency of. 



stand there with thee. 17 And I will come down and talk 
with thee there ; and I will take of the spirit which is upon 
thee, and will put it upon them : and they shall bear the burden 
of the people with thee, that thou bear it not thyself alone. 
[Dt. 1: 9—18.] 

Num. 27: 15 Moses spake unto the Lord, saying, 16 Let 
the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a man over 
the congregation, 17 Which may go out before them, and 
which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, 
and which may bring them in ; that the congregation of the 
Lord be not as sheep which have no shepherd. 18 And the 
Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a 
man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him ; 19 
And set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the con- 
gregation : and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And thou 
shalt put some of thine honor upon him, that all the congrega- 
tion of the children of Israel may be obedient. 

Dt. 16: 18 Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all 
thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout 
thy tribes : and they shall judge the people with just judg- 
ment. 19 Thou shalt not wrest judgment ; thou shalt not 
respect persons, neither take a gift : for a gift doth blind the 
eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous. 

Pr. 8: 12 I wisdom dwell with prudence. 15 By me kings 
reign, and princes decree justice. 16 By me princes rule, and 
nobles, even all the judges of the earth. 

Ac. 13: 20 After that, he gave urdo them judges, about the 
space of four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet. 

Rom. 13: 3 Rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the 
evil. Wilt thou^then not be afraid of the power? do that 
which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same : 4 For 
he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do 
that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in 
vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath 
upon him that doeth evil. 5 Wherefore ye must needs be sub- 
ject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience' sake. 6 For, 
for this cause pay ye tribute also : for they are God's ministers, 
attending continually upon this very thing. 

311. Expediency of civil government with penalties. 

Dt. 13: 10 Thou shalt stone him with stones that he die ; 
because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the Lord thy 
God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt from the 
house of bondage. 11 And all Israel shall hear, and fear, and 
shall do no more any such wickedness as this is among you. — • 

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19: 18 The judges shall make diligent inquisition : and behold, 
if the witness he a false witness, and hath testified falselj 
against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had 
thought to have done unto his brother : so shalt thou put the 
evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall 
hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such 
evil among you. 

2 Ch. 9; 8 Blessed he the Lokd thy Grod, which delighted 
in thee to set thee on his throne, to he king for the Lord thy 
God : because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, 
therefore made he thee [Solomon] king over them, to do judg- 
ment and justice. 

Pr. 20: 8 A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment, 
scattereth away all evil with his eyes. 26 A wise king scat- 
tereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. 

Is. 1: 26 I will restore thy judges as at the first, and thy 
counsellors as at the beginning : afterward thou shalt be called, 
The city of righteousness, the faithful city. 

1 Tim. 1: 8 We know that the law is good, if a man use it 
lawfully ; 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a 
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the 
ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers 
of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For 
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, 
for menstealers, for hars, for perjured persons, and if there be 
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine. 

Pr. 26: 3, and 20: 30. [See 494.] 

312. Qualifications of civil rulers. 

Ex. 18: 21 Thou shalt provide out of all the people, able 
men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and 
place such over them to he rulers. 

Dt. 1:13 Take you wise men, and understanding, and known 
among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. 
15 So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, 
and naade them heads over you, captains over thousands, and 
captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains 
over tens, and officers among your tribes. 

2 S. 23: 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake 
to me, He that ruleth over men must he just, ruling in the fear 
of God, 

313. Duties of civil rulers, 

Dt. 1: 16 I charged your judges at that time, saying. Hear 
the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between 
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every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him. 
17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment ; hut ye shall hear 
the small as well as the great ; ye shall not be afraid of the 
face of man; for the judgment is God's. [Dt. 16: 19.] 
17: 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee whom 
the Lord thy God shall choose. 18 And it shall be when 
he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall 
write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which 
is before the priests and Levites. 19 And it shall be 
with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : 
that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the 
words of this law and these statutes, to do them : 20 That his 
heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not 
aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left. — 
19: 18 The judges shall make diligent inquisition : and behold, 
iftliQ witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely 
against his brother ; 1 9 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had 
thought to have done unto his brother. — 25: 1 If there be a 
controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that 
the judges may judge them ; then they shall justify the righteous, 
and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked 
man he worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to 
lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault. 

Ps. 82: 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the 
persons of the wicked ? 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : do 
justice to the afflicted and needy. 4 Deliver the poor and 
needy : rid them out of the hand of the wicked, 

Pr. 16: 12 It is an abomination to kings to commit wicked- 
ness : for the throne is established by righteousness. — 20: 28 
Mercy and truth preserve the king : and his throne is upholden 
by mercy. — 29: 14 The king that faithfully judgeth the poor, 
his throne shall be established for ever. — 31: 4 It is not for 
kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine ; nor for 
princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, and forget the law, 
and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted. 

Jer. 22: 2 Say, Hear the word of the Lord, king of Judah, 
that sittest upon the throne of David, thou, and thy servants, 
and thy people that enter in by these gates : 3 Thus saith the 
Lord ; Execute ye judgment and right eousnes.-i, and deliver 
the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor : and do no wrong, 
do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, nor the widow, 
neither shed innocent blood in this place. 15 Shalt thou 
reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar ? did not thy father 
eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was 
w^ell with him? 16 He judged the cause of the poor and 

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Duties of Subjects. 

needy ; then it was well with him : was not this to know me ? 
saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 45: 9 Thus saith the Lord God ; Let it suffice you, O 
princes of Israel : remove violence and spoil, and execute judg- 
ment and justice, take away your exactions from my people, 
saith the Lord God. 10 Ye shall have just balances, and a 
just ephah, and a just bath. — 46: 18 The prince shall not take 
of the people's inheritance by oppression, to thrust them out of 
their possession ; hut he shall give his sons inheritance out of 
his own possession : that my people be not scattered every man 
from his possession. 

314. Duties of subjects toward civil rulers. 

Ex. 22: 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. [Ac. 23: 4, 5.] 

Dt. 17: 9 Thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and 
unto the judge that shall be in those days, and inquire ; and 
they shaU shew thee the sentence of judgment : 10 And thou 
shalt do according to the sentence, which they of that place 
which the Lord shall choose shall shew thee ; and thou shak 
observe to do according to all that they inform thee : 1 1 Ac- 
cording to the sentence of the law which they shall teach thee, 
and according to the judgment which they shall tell thee, thou 
shalt do : thou shalt not decline from the sentence which they 
shall shew thee, to the right hand nor to the left. 

Ec. 8: 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, and 
that in regard of the oath of God. 

Mat. 17: 24 When they were come to Capernaum, they that 
received trihute-monei/, came to Peter, and said, Doth not your 
Master pay tribute ? 25 He saith. Yes. And when he was come 
into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What think est thou, 
Simon ? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or 
tribute? of their own children, or of strangers? 26 Peter saith 
unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him. Then are the 
children free. 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend 
them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish 
that first Cometh up : and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for 
me and thee. — 22: 20 He saith unto them. Whose is this 
image, and superscription ? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. 
Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar, the 
things which are Cesar's ; and unto God, the things that are 
God's. 

Eom. 13: 1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher pow- 
ers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that 
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Civil Penalties. 



be, are ordained of God. 2 Whosoever therefore resisteth 
the power, resisteth the ordinance of God : and they that 
resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 5 Where- 
fore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for 
conscience' sake. 6 For this cause pay ye tribute also : for 
they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very 
thing. 7 Render therefore to all their dues : tribute to whom 
tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom fear ; 
honor to whom honor. 

1 Tim. 2: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of tlianks be made for all 
men : 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and hon- 
esty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 
our Saviour. 

Tit. 3: 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities 
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good 
work. 

1 Pet. 2: 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man 
for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; 
14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for 
the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that 
do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well-doing 
ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : 1 6 As 
free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but 
as the servants of God. 17 Honor all men. Love the brother- 
hood. Fear God. Honor the king. 

315. Civil penalties divinely appointed. 

Gen. 9: 5 Surely your blood of your lives will I require : at 
the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of 
man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the 
life of man. 6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his 
blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man. 

Ex. 21: 12 He that smiteth a man, so that he die, shall be 
surely put to death. 13 And if a man he not in wait, but 
God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a 
place whither he shall flee. 14 But if a man come presump- 
tuously upon his neighbor, to slay him wdth guile ; thou shalt 
take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that 
smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. 
IG And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be 
found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 17 And 
he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to 
death. 

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816 GOVERNMENT CIVIL. 

Jewish Capital Offences. 

Num. 35: 80 Whoso killeth any person, the murderer shall 
be put to death by the mouth of witnesses : but one witness 
shall not testify against any person to cause him to die. 31 
Moreover, ye shall take no satisfaction for the life of a mur- 
derer, which is guilty of death : but he shall be surely put to 
death. 32 And ye shall take no satisfaction for him that is 
fled to the city of his refuge, that he should come again to 
dwell in the land, until the death of the priest. 33 So ye 
shall not pollute the land wherein ye are : for blood it defileth 
the land : and the land cannot be cleansed of the blood that 
is shed therein, but by the blood of him that shed it. 34 
Defile not therefore the land which ye shall inhabit, wherein 
I dwell : for I the Lord dwell among the children of Is- 
rael. 

Dt. 19: 18 Behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath 
testified falsely against his brother ; 19 Then shall ye do unto 
him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother. — 25: 1 
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto 
judgment, that the judges may judge them ; then they shall 
justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall 
be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge 
shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, 
according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes 
he may give him, and not exceed : lest if he should exceed, 
and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother 
should seem vile unto thee. 

Pr. 20: 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth 
the wheel over them. — 28: 17 A man that doeth violence to 
the blood of any person shall flee to the pit ; let no man stay 
Mm. 

Ac 25: 10 Then said Paul, I stand at Cesar's judgment- 
seat, where I ought to be judged : to the Jews have I done no 
wrong, as thou very well knowest. 11 For if I be an offender, 
or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to 
die : but if there be none of these things whereof these 
accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto 
Cesar. 

E-om. 13: 4 He is the minister of God to thee for good. But 
if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the 
sword in vain : for he is the minister of God, a revenger to 
execute wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

316 Capital crimes under the Mosaic code. 

1. Murder, — Num. 35: 16 The murderer shall surely be put 
to death. 

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Penalty for opposing it. 



2. Blasphemy, — Lev. 24: 16 He that blasphemeth the name 
of the Lord, he shall surely be put to death. 

3. Manstealing, — Ex. 21: 16 He tliat stealeth a man, and 
selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be 
put to death. 1 Tim. 1: 9. 

4. Idolatry, — Ex. 22: 20 He that sacrifice th unto any god, 
save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. [Dt. 
17: 2.] 

5. Enticement to Idolatry. — Dt. 13: 6 If thy brother 

entice thee secretly, saying. Let us go and serve other gods : 
9 Thou shalt surely kill him. 

6. Adultery, — Lev. 20: 10 The adulterer and the adulteress 
shall surely be put to death. 

7. Sodomy and Uncleanness, — Lev. 20: 13 If a man also 
lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have 
committed an abomination : they shall surely be put to death. 
17 — 20. 

8. Incest, — Lev. 20: 14 If a man take a wife and her 
mother, it is wickedness : they shall be burnt with fire. 
[V.21.] 

9. Bestiality. — Lev. 20: 15 If a man lie with a beast, he 
shall surely be put to death. [16.] 

10. Witchcraft, — Ex. 22: 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch 
to live. 

11. Smiting Parents, — Ex. 21: 15 He that smiteth his 
father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death. [See 54.] 

12. Cursing Parents, — Ex. 21: 17 He that curseth his 
father or his mother, shall surely be put to death. [Lev. 20: 9.] 

13. Disoheying Parents. — Dt. 21: 20 This our son is stub- 
born and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, 
and a drunkard. 21 And all the men of his city shall stone 
liim with stones, that he die. 

14. Sahhath Profanation, — Ex. 35: 2 Whosoever doeth work 
therein shall be put to death. [Num. 15: 32.] 

15. Endangering Human Life. — ^Ex. 21: 29 If the ox were 
wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath been testi- 
fied to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but that he hath 
killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, and his owner 
also shall be put to death. 

317. Opposition to rightful government frequent — its penalty. 

Num. 16: 3 They gathered themselves together against 
Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Te take too 
much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every 
one of them, and the Lord is among them : wherefore then 

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Wicked Rulers injurious. 



lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of tlie Lord ? 
4 And when Moses heard it, he fell upon his face : 5 And 
he spake unto Korah and unto all his company, saying, Even 
to-morrow the Lord will shew who are his, and who is holy ; 
and will cause him to come near unto him : even him whom 
he hath chosen will he cause to come near unto him. 6 This 
do ; Take you censers, Korah and all his company ; 7 And 
put fire therein, and put incense in them before the Lord to- 
morrow ; and it shall be that the man whom the Lord doth 
choose, he shall be holy ; ye take too much upon you, ye sons 
of Levi. 32 And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed 
them up. 

Dt. 17: 12 The man that will do presumptuously, and will 
not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there 
before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man 
shall die : and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel. 13 
And all the people shall hear, and fear, and do no more pre- 
sumptuously. 

2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out 
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
ment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the 
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Pre- 
sumptuous are they, self-willed ; they are not afraid to speak 
evil. of dignities. 

Jude 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. 

318. Wicked rulers injurious. 

1 K. 14: 16 He shall give Israel up because of the sins of 
Jeroboam, who did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 

2 Ch. 33: 9 So Manasseh made Judah and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem to err, and to do worse than the heathen, whom 
the Lord had destroyed before the children of Israel. 10 And 
the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people : but they 
would not hearken. 11 Wherefore the Lord brought upon 
them the captains of the host of the king of Assyria, which 
took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, 
and carried him to Babylon. 

Ps. 12: 8 The wicked walk on every side, when the vilest 
men are exalted. — 94: 20 Shall the throne of iniquity have 
fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law ? 21 
They gather themselves together against the soul of the right- 
eous, and condemn the innocent blood. 

Pr. 28: 15 As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear: so is a 
wicked ruler over the poor people. 1 6 The prince that want- 
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Exemplified, 



eth understanding is also a great oppressor. — 29: 2 When the 
righteous are in authority, the people rejoice : but when the 
wicked beareth rule, the people mourn. 4 The king by judg- 
ment estabhsheth the land : but he that receiveth gifts over- 
throweth it. 

319. Disobey 171 g the wicked commands of civil rulers justifiable. 

Ex. 1: 17 The midwives feared God, and did not as the king 
of Egypt commanded them, but saved the men-children alive. 
20 Therefore God dealt well with the midwives. 

1 S. 14: 44 Saul answered, God do so, arui more also : for 
thou shalt surely die, Jonathan. 45 And the people said unto 
Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salva- 
tion in Israel ? God forbid : as the Lord liveth, there shall 
not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought 
with God this day. 

Dan. 3: IG Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered 
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to 
answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so, our God whom we 
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and 
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, 
be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, 
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. — 6: 13 
Then answered they and said before the king. That Daniel, 
which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth 
not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but 
maketh his petition three times a day. 

Ac. 4: 19 Peter and John answered and said unto them, 
"Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you 
more than unto God, judge ye. — 5: 27 When they had brought 
them, they set them before the council : and the high priest 
asked them, 28 Saying, Did not we straitly command you, that 
ye should not teach in this name ? and behold, ye have filled 
Jerusalem with your doctrine, and intend to bring this man's 
blood upon us. 29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered 
and said. We ought to obey God rather than men. 



^ GRATITUDE. 
320. Gratitude exemplified and rewarded. 

2 S. 9: 6 David said, Mephibosheth. And he answered, 
Behold thy servant ! 7 And David said unto him, Fear not : 
for I will surely shew thee kindness for JonaUian thy father's 
sake, and will restore thee all the land of Saulthy father : and 

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321 — 325 HAPPINESS. 

Sensual — intellectual — benevolent. 

thou shalt eat bread at mj table continually. — 19: 32 Barzillai 
was a very aged man, even fourscore years old ; and he had 
provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim : 
for he was a very great man. 83 And the king said unto 
Barzillai, Come thou over with me, and I will feed thee with 
me in Jerusalem. 

Mat. 25; 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right 
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom 
prepared for you from the foundation of the world : 35 For I 
was an hungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me drink v I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 
Naked, and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I 
was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

HAPPINESS. 

321. Vanitf of sensual happiness. 

Ec. 2: 1 I said in my heart. Go to now, I will prove thee 
with mirth ; therefore enjoy pleasure : and behold, this also is 
vanity. 10 And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from 
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart re- 
joiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all my labor. 
11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, 
and on the labor that I had labored to do : and behold, all was 
vanity and vexation of spirit. [See 627.] 

322. Intellectual happiness^ invaluable, 

Pr. 3: 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man 
that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it is 
better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than 
fine gold. [See 391-2.] 

323. The happiness of self denial^ and of doing good. 

2 Cor. 6: 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing: as poor, yet 
making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing aU 
things. [See 408, 527, 630, 674.] 

324. The happiness of holy obedience. 

Ps. 119: 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk 
in the law of the Lord. 2 Blessed are they that keep hi? 
testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart. 

Pr. 29: 18 Where there is no vision, the people perish: but 
he that keepeth the law, happy is he. [See 286, 630.] 

325. The happiMSS of loving God. 

1 Pet. 1: 8 vVhom having not seen, ye love; in whom, 
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HAPPINESS — HEART. 326 — 330 

In Grod — in a good conscience — Heart voluntary — a double heart. 

though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory. [See 289.] 

326. The happiness of trusting in God. 

Ps. 40: 4 Blessed is that man that maketh the Lord his 
trust. [See 293-4.] 

327. The happiness of an approving conscience. 

2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our con- 
science, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly 
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation 
in the world. [See 131.] 

328. The happiness of Heaven, 

1 Pet. 4: 13 Rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's 
sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be 
glad also with exceeding joy. [See 339, 672.] 



HEART. 

329. The heart voluntary^ or human activity and responsibility in determining 
its moral state and changes. 

Ex. 8: 15 When Pharaoh saw that there was respite, he 
hardened his heart. 

2 S. 15: 6 Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel. 

2 Ch. 30: 18 Hezekiah prayed for them, saying. The good 
Lord pardon every one that prepareth his heart to seek God. 

Ezra 7: 10 Ezra had prepared his heart to seek the law of 
the Lord. 

Esther 7: 5 Where is he, that durst presume in his heart to 
do so ? 

Ps. 73: 13 Yerily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and 
washe»l my hands in innocency. — 119: 112 I have inclined my 
heart to perform thy statutes alway. 

Pr. 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence. — 23: 26 My 
son, give me thine heart. 

Mat. 5: 28 Whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, 
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

[See 264, 271, 592, 600.] 

330. A 'divided,' ' double heart.' 

Ps. 12: 2 With flattering lips and with a double heart do they 
speak. — 86: 11 Unite my heart to fear thy name. 
Hos. 10: 2 Their heart is divided. 

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Its moral qualities — its control — sincerity of demanded. 

331. Do moral good and evil lie in tJie heart ? 

1 K. 8: 18 Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house unto 
my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart. 

2 Ch. 32: 26 Hezekiah humbled himself for the pride of his 
heart. 

Ps. 65: 21 77ie words of his mouth were smoother than 
butter, but war was in his heart. — 78: 72 He fed them accord- 
ing to the integrity of his heart. — 95: 10 It is a people that do 
err in their heart. 

Pr. 6: 14 Frowardness is in his heart. — 23: 7 As he thinketh 
in his heart, so is he. 

Ec. 9: 3 The heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and 
madness is in their heart while they live. 

Is. 10: 7 i^ is in his heart to destroy and cut off nations not 
a few. 

Jer. 48: 29 His pride, and the haughtiness of his heart. 

Mat. 5: 8 Blessed are the pure in heart. — 15: 18 But those 
things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the 
heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart pro- 
ceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false 
witness, blasphemies. 

Rom. 10: 10 For with the heart, man beheveth unto right- 
eousness. 

Heb. 3: 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you 
an evil heart of unbelief. 

332. Controlling influence of the heart. 

Job. 15: 12 Why doth thine heart carry thee away? 

Pr. 4: 23 Keep thy heart with all diligence ; for out of it are 
the issues of life. — 1 6: 9 A man's heart deviseth his way. 

Mat. 12: 34 Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth 
speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the 
heart, bringeth forth good things : and an evil man, out of the 
evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. [Lk. 6: 45.] 

333. Religious duties demand sincerity of heart. 

Dt. 26: 16 This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee 
to do these statutes and judgments : thou shalt therefore keep 
and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

1 S. 16: 7 The L ORD seeth not as man seeth ; for man 
looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on 
the heart. 

Jer. 29: 13 Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall 
search for me with all your heart. 

Mat. 22: 37 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy 
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A Place — Its Holiness. 



heart. — 23: 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is 
within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be 
clean also. 

Jn. 4; 24 God is a Spirit : and they that worship him, must 
worship him in spirit and in truth. 

Ac. 8: 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter : for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 37 If thou belie vest 
with all thy heart, thou mayest. 

Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither 
is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh : 29 But he 
is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the 
heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not 
of men, but of God. — 10: 10 With the heart, man belie veth 
unto righteousness. 

1 Tim. 1: 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity 
out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith 
unfeigned. [See 529, 542.] 



HEAVEN. 

334. Heaven a place. 

Jn. 14: 2 In my Father's house are many mansions: if it 
were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place 
for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come 
again and receive you unto myself ; that where I am, there ye 
may be also. 

Ep. 3: 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and 
powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the 
manifold wisdom of God. 

335. Perfection of heavenly light. 

Ps. 36: 9 With thee is the fountain of life : in thy light shall 
we see Hght. 

Is. 2: 5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the 
light of the Lord. 

Rev. 21: 23 The city had no ne^d of the sun, neither of the 
moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and 
the Lamb is the hght thereof. — 22: 5 There shall be no night 
there ; and they need no candle, neither hght of the sun ; for 
the Lord God giveth them light : and they shall reign for ever 
and ever. [See 398.] 

336. Universal and perfect holiness in heaven. 

Ps. 17: 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: 
I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness 

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337—339 HEAVEN. 



Its rest — Its nearness to God — Its happiness. 



Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love jour wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 26 That he might 
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not 
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 

1 Jn. 3: 2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth 
not yet appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he 
shall appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as 
he is. 

Rev. 21: 27 There shall in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh 
a lie. 

337. Heaven a place of rest 

2 Th. 1: 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recom- 
pense tribulation to them that trouble you ; 7 And to you, who 
are troubled, rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be 
revealed. 

Heb. 4: 3 We which have believed do enter into rest, as 
he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into 
my rest : although the works were finished from the foundation 
of the world. 9 There remaineth therefore a rest to the people 
of God. 

Rev. 14: 13 I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto 
me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from 
henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labors. [See 512.] 

338. Nearness to God and to Christ in heaven. 

Jn. 17: 22 The glory which thou gavest me, I have given 
them ; that they may be one, even as we are one ; 23 I in 
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one ; 
and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast 
loved them as thou hast loved me. 24 Father, I will that 
they also whom thou hast given me be with me where I am ; 
that they may behold my glory. 

Rev. 22: 4 They shall see his face ; and his name shall be 
in their foreheads. [See 657.] 

339. Perfect and perpetual happiness in heaven. 

Ps. 16: 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life : in thy 
presence is fulness o^ ioy : at thy right hand there are pleasures 
for evermore.— 3 0:8 They shall be abundantly satisfiedwith the 
fatness of thy house ; and thou shalt make them drink of the 

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Its rewards and glory. 



river of thy pleasures. — 84: 11 The Lord God is a sun and 
shield; the Lord will give grace and glory; no good iki7ig 
will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. — 97: 11 Light 
is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in 
heart. 

Is. 51: 11 The redeemed of the Lord shall return, and 
come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall he upon 
their head : they shall obtain gladness and joy ; and sorrow 
and mourning shall flee away. 

1 Pet. 4: 13 Kejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of 
Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shaU be revealed, ye 
may be glad also with exceeding joy. 

Jude 24 Now unto him that is able to keep you from faUing, 
and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory 
with exceeding joy. 

Rev. 7: 15 Therefore are they before the throne of God, and 
serve him day and night in his temple ; and he that sitteth on 
the throne shall dwell among them. 1 6 They shall hunger no 
more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light on 
them, nor any heat. 17 For the Lamb which is in the midst 
of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living 
fountains of waters: and God shall wipe away all tears from 
their eyes. — 21:3 I heard a great voice out of heaven, saying, 
Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell 
with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shaU 
be with them, and he their God. 4 And God shall wipe away 
all tears from their eyes ; and there shall be no more death, 
neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain. 

340. Possessions, honors, rewards, and glory in heaven. 

Mat. 13: 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun 
in the kingdom of their Father. — 19: 28 Jesus said unto 
them, Verily, I say unto you. That ye which have followed me 
in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the 
throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judg- 
ing the twelve tribes of Israel. 

Lk. 22: 28 Ye are they which have continued with me in 
my temptations. 29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as 
my Father hath appointed unto me ; 30 That ye may eat and 
drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging 
the twelve tribes of Israel. 

Rom. 8: 17 If children, then heirs : heirs of God, and joint- 
heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we 
may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the 

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341 HEAVEN. 

Spiritual, unfading and eternal. 

sufferings of this present time are not worthy to he compared 
with the glory which shall be revealed in us. 32 He that 
spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how 
shall he not with him also freely give us all things ? 

1 Cor. 2: 9 Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath pre- 
pared for them that love him. [Is 64: 4.] — 3: 21 Let no man 
glory in men: for all things are yours; 22 Whether Paul, or 
Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, or things 
present, or things to come ; all are yours ; 23 And ye are 
Christ's : and Christ is God's. 

2 Cor. 4: 17 Our light affliction, which is but for a moment, 
worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 
glory. 

Heb. 11: 16 Now they desire a better country, that is, a 
heavenly : wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their 
God : for he hath prepared for them a city. 

Rev. 1: 5 Unto him that loved us, and w^ashed us from our 
sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests 
unto God and his Father ; to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. — 21: 2 I John saw the holy city, new Jerusa- 
lem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a 
bride adorned for her husband. 7 He that overcometh shall 
inherit all things : and I will be his God, and he shall be my 
son. — 22: 5 There shall be no night there ; and they need no 
candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth 
them light : and they shall reign for ever and ever. 

[See 672.] 

341. Heaven spiritual^ unfading^ and eternal. 

Is. 60: 20 Thy sun shall no more go down ; neither shall thy 
moon withdraw itself: for the Lord shall be thine everlasting 
light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended. 

Mat. 6: 20 Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where 
neither moth nor rust doth corrupt. — 22: 30 In the resurrec- 
tion they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are 
as the angels of God in heaven. — 25: 46 These shall go 
away into everlasting punishment : but the righteous into life 
eternal. 

1 Cor. 15: 50 This I say, brethren, that flesh and blood 
cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption 
inherit incorruption. 

1 Pet. 1: 4 An inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and 
that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you. 5 Who are 
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A Place of Punishment — Holiness valuable. 



kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation, ready- 
to be revealed in the last time. 

342. Do saints merit their heavenly inheritance ? 

Ezk. 36: 32 Not for your sakes do I this, saith the Lord 
God, be it known unto you ; be ashamed and confounded for 
your own ways, O house of Israel. [See 586, 663, 668.] 



HELL. 

343. Hdl a place of punishment hy fire. 

Ps. 21: 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time 
of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, 
and the fire shall devour them. 

Is. 30: 33 For Tophet is ordained of old ; yea, for the king 
it is prepared ; he hath made it deep and large : the pile 
thereof is fire and much wood ; the breath of the Lord, like a 
stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. — 33: 14 Who among us 
shall dwell with the devouring fire? who among us shall dwell 
with everlasting burnings ? 

Lk. 16: 24 And he cried, and said. Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of 
his finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented in 
this flame. 

2 Th. 1: 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that 
know not God, and that obey not the gospel. 

Eev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abomina- 
ble, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 
bumeth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. 

[See 561.] 

HOLINESS. 

344. Holiness intrinsically and supremely valuable. 

Job 28: 12 "Where shall wisdom be found? and where is the 
place of understanding ? 13 Man knoweth not the price 
thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. 14 The 
depth saith. It is not in me : and the sea saith. It is not with 
me. 15 It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be 
weighed for the price thereof. 18 No mention shall be made 
of coral, or of pearls : for the price of wisdom is above rubies. 
19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not equal it, neither shall it be 

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Personality of the Spirit — His Diviuity 



valued with pure gold. 28 And unto man he said, Behold, 
the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; and to depart from evil 
is understanding. 

Pr. 3: 13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the 
man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchandise of it 
is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof 
than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies: and all 
the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. 
1 6 Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand 
riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and 
all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them that 
lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her. 

— 4: 7 Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom : 
and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and 
she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee to honor, when 
thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an or- 
nament of grace : a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 

— 8; 11 Wisdom is better than rubies ; and all the things that 
may be desired are not to be compared to it. [See 630.] 



HOLY SPIRIT. 

345. Personality of the Holy Spirit. 

Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost. 

Lk. 3: 22 And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape 
like a dove upon him. 

Jn. 14: 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give 
you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 

2 Cor. 13: 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the 
love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with 
you all. Amen. 

Ep. 2: 18 For through him we both have access by one 
Spirit unto the Father. 

1 Pet. 1: 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the 
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience. 

1 Jn. 5: 7 There are three that bear record in heaven, the 
Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost; and these three 
are one. 

346. Divine aitribiites of the Holy Spirit. 

Mic. 2: 7 O thou that art named the house of Jacob, is the 
Spirit of the Lord straitened ? 
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His Office- work 



Jn. 14: 26 The Comforter, wJiich is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. 

Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the 
price of the land? 4 While it remained, was it not thine 
own ? and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? 
why hast thou conceived this thing in thine heart? thou hast 
not lied unto men, but unto God. 

Rom. 15: 19 Through mighty signs and wonders, by the 
power of the Spirit of God ; so that from Jerusalem, and 
round about unto Illyricum, I have fully preached the gospel 
of Christ. 

1 Cor. 2: 10 But God hath revealed them unto us by his 
Spirit ; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things 
of God. 11 For what man knoweth the things of a man, save 
the spirit of man which is in him ? even so the things of God 
knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God. — 12: 3 I give you to 
understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God, calleth 
Jesus accursed : and that no man can say that Jesus is the 
Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

Heb. 9: 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who 
through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, 
purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living 
God? [See 76, 211.] 

347. Office-work of tJie Holy Spirit. 

1. To awaken and convince sinners. 

Gen. 6: 3 The Lord said. My Spirit shall not always strive 
with man, for that he also is flesh. 

Job 36: 9 He sheweth them their work, and their transgres- 
sions that they have exceeded. 10 He openeth also their ear 
to discipline, and commandeth that they return from iniquity. 

Jn. 16: 7 I tell you the truth : It is expedient for you that 1 
go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come 
unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And 
when he is come, he will reprove [convince] the world of sin, 
and of righteousness, and of judgment. 

2. To confer miracvlovs gifts. 

1 S. 10: 10 When they came thither to the hill, behold, a 
company of prophets met him ; and the Spirit of God came 
upon him, and he prophesied among them. 

Lk. 1: 07 Zaeharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and 
prophesied. 

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His Office-work. 



Ac. 2: 4 They were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and be- 
gan to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them 
utterance. — 10: 45 They of the circumcision which believed, 
were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because that on 
the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 
46 For they hfeard them speak with tongues, and magnify God. 
— 11: 15 As I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, 
as on us at the beginning. 

3. To reveal divine truth, as a witness against sinners, and for God and his people. 

Dt. 31: 19 Write ye this song for you, and teach it the chil- 
dren of Israel : put it in their mouths, that this song may be a 
witness for me against the children of Israel. 

Neh. 9: 20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit to instruct 
them. 

Mat. 24: 14 This gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 
in all the world, for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall 
the end come. 

Lk. 2: 26 It was revealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, 
that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord's 
Christ. — 12:11 When they bring you unto the synagogues, 
and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or 
what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For 
the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye 
ought to say. 

Jn. 14: 26 The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom 
the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, 
and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
said unto you. 

Ac. 11: 28 There stood up one of them named Agabus, and 
signified by the Spirit, that there should be great dearth 
throughout all the world : which came to pass in the days of 
Claudius Cesar. 

1 Jn. 5: 8 There are three that bear witness in earth, the 
spirit, and the water, and the blood ; and these three agree in 
one. 9 If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God 
is greater : for this is the witness of God which he hath testi- 
fied of his Son. [See 40.] 

4. To cause holy affections^ which become the " witness of the Spirit " that saints 
" are the children of God.^^ 

Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever ; 17 
JEJven the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, be- 
cause it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; 
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. — 16: 13 When 
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Guilt and danger of resisting. 



he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: 
for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall 
hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to 
come. 

Rom. 8: 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit 
of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit 
itself beareth witness with our Spirit, that we are the children 
of God. 

Gal. 4: 6 Because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit 
of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

Heb. 10; 15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to 
us : for after that he had said before, 1 6 This is the covenant 
that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord ; 
I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I 
write them. 

1 Jn. 2; 5 Whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love 
of God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him. — 
3: 24 He that keepeth his commandments, dwelleth in him, 
and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, 
by the Spirit which he hath given us. — 5: 10 He that believeth 
on the Son of God hath the witness in himself. 

[See 594-6, 598.] 

5. To seal the heirs of glory. 

Ep. 4: 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. [See 517.] 

348. Guilt and danger of sinning against the Holy Spirit, 

Is. 63: 10 They rebelled, and vexed his Holy Spirit : there- 
fore he was turned to be their enemy, and he fought against 
them. 

Mat. 12: 31 I say unto you, All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against 
the Jloly Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And who- 
soever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be 
forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, 
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in 
the world to come. 

Ac. 7: 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, 
so do ye. 

Ep. 4: 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

1 Th. 5: 19 Quench not the Spirit. 

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349, 350 HOLY SPIRIT. 



Judicial departure of — promised believers. 



Heb. 10: 28 He that despised Moses' law, died without 
mercy under two or three witnesses : 29 Of how much sorer 
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath 
trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood 
of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, 
and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace ? [See 309.] 

349. Judicial departure of the Holy Spirit. 

Gen. 6: 3 The Lord said. My Spirit shall not always strive 
with man. 

Ps. 81: 11 My people would not hearken to my voice ; and 
Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their 
own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had 
walked in my ways ! 14 I should soon have subdued their 
enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 15 
The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves 
unto him : but their time should have endured for ever. 

Is. bb\ 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near. 

Hos. 5: 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their 
herds to seek the Lord ; but they shall not find him ; he hath 
withdrawn himself from them. — 9: 12 Though they bring up 
their children, yet will I bereave them, that there shall not he a 
man left : yea, wo also to them when I depart from them ! 

E-om. 1: 24 God also gave them up to uncleanness, through 
the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonor their own bodies be- 
tween themselves : 25 Who changed the truth of God into 
a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the 
Creator, who is blessed for ever. 26 For this cause God gave 
them up unto vile affections. 28 And even as they did not 
like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to 
a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient. 

350. The Holy Spirit promised believers. 

Lk. 11: 13 If ye then, being evil, know how to give good 
gifts unto your children : how much more shall your heavenly 
Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? 

Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17 
Mven the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, 
because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know 
him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 

2 Cor. 1: 21 Now he which estabhsheth us with you in 
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HOME HOPE. 351 353 



Keeping at Home — Object of Hope — Full Assurance of. 

Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath also 
sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 



HOME. 

351. Keeping at home recommended — roving disapproved. 

Pr. 25; 17 "Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbor's house ; 
lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee. — 27: 8 As a bird 
that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from 
his place. 

Tit. 2: 4 Teach the young women to be sober, to love their 
husbands, to love their children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, 
keepers at home. 

HOPE. 

352. TTie proper and chief object of hope, 

Ps. 42: 5. Hope thou in God. 

Rom. 5: 2 Rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 

1 Pet. 1: 21 That your faith and hope might be in God. 

353. Full assurance of hope inculcated and exemplified. 

Job 19: 25 I know that my Redeemer liveth. 

Rom. 8: 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ ? 
shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or naked- 
ness, or peril, or sword ? 37 Nay, in all these things we are 
more than conquerors, through him that loved us. 

2 Tim. 4: 6 I am now ready to be offered, and the time of 
my departure is at hand. 7 I have fought a good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the faith: 8 Henceforth there 
is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the 
righteous Judge, shall give me at that day : and not to me only, 
but unto all them also that love his appearing. 

Heb. 6: 11 We desire that every one of you do shew the 
same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end : 12 
That ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith 
and patience inherit the promises. 17 Wherein God, willing 
more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immu- 
tability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: 18 That by 
two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, 
we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge 
to lay hold upon the hope set before us: 19 Which hope we 
have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and 
which entereth into that within the vail; 20 Whither the 

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Required and Exemplified. 



forerunner is for us entered, even Jesus, made an high priest 
for ever after the order of Melchisedec. 

1 Jn. 8: 18 My httle children, let us not love in word, 
neither in tonge, but in' deed and in truth. 19 And hereby 
we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts 
before him. 

HOSPITALITY. 

354. Hospitality required and encouraged. 

Rom. 12: 10 Be kindly aflfectioned one to another with broth- 
erly love ; in honor preferring one another ; 13 Distributing 
to the necessity of saints : given to hospitality. 

1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospita- 
lity, apt to teach. [Tit. 1: 8.] 

Heb. 13: 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for 
thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 

1 Pet. 4: 9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging. 
Mat. 10: 40—42. [See 715]. 

355. Hospitality exemplified. 

Gen. 18: 2 He Hfted up his eyes and looked, and lo, three 
men stood by him: and when he '-saw them^ he ran to meet 
them from the tent-door, and bowed himself toward the ground, 
3 And said. My Lord, if now I have found favor in thy sight, 
pass not away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 4 Let a little 
water, I pray you, be fetched, and wash your feet, and rest 
yourselves under the tree : 5 And I will fetch a morsel of 
bread, and comfort ye your hearts ; after that ye shall pass on : 
for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So 
do, as thou hast said. 6 Abraham hastened into the tent unto 
Sarah, and said. Make ready quickly three measures of fine 
meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth. 7 And 
Abraham ran unto the herd, and fetched a calf tender and 
good, and gave it unto a young man ; and he hasted to dress 
it. — 19: 1 And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and 
Lot sat in the gate of Sodom ; and Lot, seeing them, rose up to 
meet them ; and he bowed himself with his face toward the 
ground ; 2 And he said. Behold now, my lords, turn in, I 
pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and 
wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your 
ways. And they said. Nay ; but we will abide in the street 
all night. 3 And he pressed upon them greatly; and they 
turned in unto him, and entered into his house ; and he made 
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Nature of — Required and Encouraged. 



them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did 
eat. 

Job 31: 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street : hit I 
opened mj doors to the traveller. 

Ac. 28: 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief 
man of the island, whose name was Publius ; who received us, 
and lodged us three days courteously. 

3 Jn. 5 Beloved, thou doest faitlifully whatsoever thou doest 
to the brethren and to strangers ; 6 Which have borne witness 
of thy charity before the church : whom if thou bring forward 
on their journey after a goodly sort, thou shalt do well. 

[See 135, 407.] 

HUMILITY. 

356. Nature and manifestations of humility. 

Jud. 10: 15 The children of Israel said unto the Lord, "We 
have sinned : do thou unto us whatsoever seemeth good unto 
thee. 

2 S. 24: 17 David spake unto the Lord when he saw the 
angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I 
have done wickedly : but these sheep, what have they done ? 
Let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my 
father's house. 

Job 2: 10 He said unto her, Thou speakest as one of the 
fooHsh women speaketh. What! shall we receive good at the 
hand of God, and shall we not receive evil ? 

Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say 
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, 1 9 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make 
me as one of thy hired servants. — 23: 40 But the other 
answering, rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God, see- 
ino* thou art in the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed 
justly : for we receive the due reward of our deeds. 

[See 299, 414, 537, 603, 674.] 

357. Hmnility required and encouraged. 

Lev. 26: 41 K then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, 
and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity ; 42 
Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my 
covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will 
I remember ; and I will remember the land. 

Job 22: 29 When men are cast down, then thou shalt say, 
There is lifting up ; and he shall save the humble person. 

Ps. 9; 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remem- 

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858 IDLENESS. 

Described and Reproved. 



bereth them: he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. — 10: 17 
Lord, thou hast heard the desire of the humble : thou wilt 
prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear. — 138: 6 
Though the Lord he high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: 
but the proud he knoweth afar off. 

Pr. 3: 34 Surely he scometh the scomers : but he giveth 
grace unto the lowly. — 15: 33 The fear of the Lord is the 
instruction of wisdom : and before honor is humility. — 22: 4 
By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honor, 
and life. — 29: 23 A man's pride shall bring him low: but 
honor shall uphold the humble in spirit. 

Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to 
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

Mic. 6: 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to 
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God? 

Mat. 5: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

Lk. 18: 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house jus- 
tified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth him- 
self shall be abased : and he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

Jam. 4: 6 God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto the 
humble. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and 
he shall lift you up. 

1 Pet. 5: 5 God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to 
the humble. 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the 
mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time. 

[See 606-7.] 

IDLENESS. 
358. Idleness described^ reproved^ and punished. 

Pr. 6: 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard ; consider her ways, 
and be wise : 7 Which having no guide overseer or ruler, 
8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food 
in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? 
when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? — 15: 19 The way of 
the slothful man is as a hedge of thorns : . but the way of the 
righteous is made plain. — 18: 9 He also that is slothful in 
his work is brother to him that is a great waster. — 19: 15 
Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep ; and an idle soul shall 
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Character of Idolaters. 

suffer hunger. — 20: 4 The sluggard will not plough by reason 
of the cold ; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and haiw nothing. 
13 Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine 
eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. — 21: 25 The 
desire of the slothful killeth him ; for his hands refuse to labor. 
26 He coveteth greedily all the daylong: but the righteous 
giveth and spareth not. — 23: 21 The drunkard and the glut- 
ton shall come to poverty : and drowsiness shall clothe a man 
with rags. — 24: 30 I went by the field of the slothful, and 
by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; 31 And 
lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered 
the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken 
down. 32 Then I saw, and considered it well : I looked upon 
it, and received instruction. 33 Tet a little sleep, a little 
slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep : 34 So shall 
thy poverty come as one that travelleth ; and thy want as an 
armed man. 

Ec. 10: 18 By much slothfulness the building decayeth; and 
through idleness of the hands the house droppeth through. 

2 Thes. 3: 10 Even when we were with you, this we com- 
manded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. 
1 1 We hear that there are some which walk among you disor- 
derly, working not at all, but are busy-bodies. 12 Now them 
that are such, we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own 
bread. 

1 Tim. 5: 13 They learn to he idle, wandering abou"" from 
house to house ; and not only idle, but tattlers also, and , msy- 
bodies, speaking things which they ought not. [See 1, 70f\] 



IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM. 

359. Character of heathen idolaters. 

2 K. 16: 3 But he [Ahaz] walked in the way of the kings 
of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, accord- 
ing to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast 
out from before the children of Israel. 

Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not 
as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their 
imaginations, and their foohsh heart was darkened. 22 Pro- 
fessing themselves to be wise, they* became fools ; 23 And 
changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made 
like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, 
and creeping things. 24 Wherefore God also gave them up 

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Heathen gods destitute of divinity — Image-worship forbidden. 

to uncleanness, through the lusts of their own hearts, to dis- 
honor their own bodies between themselves : 29 Being filled 
with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, 
maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; 
whisperers, 30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, 
boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, 31 
Without understanding, covenant-breakers, without natural af- 
fection, implacable, unmerciful. 

Ep. 4: 17 This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that 
ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity 
of their mind, 18 Having the understanding darkened, being 
alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19 Who, being 
past feeling, have given themselves over untolasciviousness, to 
work all uncleanness with greediness. [See 480.] 

360. Heathen gods destitute of divinity. 

Ps. 115: 4 Their idols are silver and gold, the work of 
men's hands. 5 They have mouths, but they speak not: eyes 
have they, but they see not: 6 They have ears, but they 
hear not : noses have they, but they smell not : 7 They have 
hands, but they handle not : feet have they, but they walk 
not: neither speak they through their throat. 8 They that 
make them are like unto them ; so is every one that trusteth in 
them. 

Is. 46: 6 They lavish gold out of the bag, and weigh silver 
in the balance, and hire a goldsmith ; and he maketh it a god : 
they fall down, yea, they worship. 7 They bear him upon the 
shoulder, they carry him, and set him in his place, and he 
standeth ; from his place shall he not remove : yea, one shall 
cry unto him yet can he not answer, nor save him out of his 
trouble. 

361. Idolatry and image-ivorsldp forbidden. 

Ex. 20: 3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 4 
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any like- 
ness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the 
earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : 5 
Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them : for 
I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity 
of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth gen- 
eration of them that hate me. — 23: 24 Thou shalt not bow 
down to their gods, nor serve them, nor do after their works : 
but thou shalt utterly overthrow them, and quite break down 
their images. — 34: 17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods. 
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Common — Displeasing to God. 



Lev. 19: 4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves 
molten gods: I am the Lord your God. — 26: 1 Ye shall 
make you no idols nor graven image, neither rear you up a 
standing image, neither shall ye set up any image of stone 
in your land, to bow down unto it : for I am the Lord your 
God. 

Dt. 6: 14 Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the 
people which are round about you ; 15 (For the Lord thy 
God is a jealous God among you ;) lest the anger of the Lord 
thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the 
face of the earth — 28: 14 Thou shalt not go aside from any 
of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand 
or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. 

362. Idolatry common — Threats. 

Ex. 22: 20 He that sacrificeth unto ang god, save unto the 
Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 

Dt. 8: 19 It shall be, if thou do at aU forget the Lord thy 
God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship 
them, I testify against you \his day that ye shall surely perish. 
— 27: 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten 
image, an abomination unto the Lord, the work of the hands 
of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place : and all the 
people shall answer and say. Amen. — 30: 17 If thy heart turn 
away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and 
worship other gods, and serve them ; 18 1 denounce unto you 
this day, that ye shall surely perish. 

Jud. 2: 11 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and served Baalim : 12 And they forsook the Lord God 
of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, 
and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were 
round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and 
provoked the Lord to anger. 13 And they forsook the Lord, 
and served Baal and Ashtaroth. 14 And the anger of the 
Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the 
hands of spoilers. — 10: 6 The children of Israel did evil again 
in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, 
and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of 
Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods 
of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him. 
7 And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he 
sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands 
of the children of Ammon. 

1 K. 9: 6 If ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or 
jour children, and will not keep my commg,ndnients and my 

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362 IDOLATRY AND HEATHENISM. 

Displeasing to God. 

statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other 
gods, and worship them : 7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the 
land which I have given them ; and this house which I have 
hallowed for mj name, will I cast out of my sight ; and Israel 
shall be a proverb and a bye-word among all people. 

2 K. 17: 9 The children of Israel did secretly those things 
that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built 
them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the 
watchmen to the fenced city. 10 And they set them up images 
and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree : 
1 1 And there they burnt incense in all the high places, as did 
the heathen whom the Lord carried away before them ; and 
wrought wicked things to provoke the Lord to anger: 12 For 
they served idols, whereof the Lord had said unto them, Ye 
shall not do this thing. 16 And they left all the command- 
ments of the Lord their God, and made them molten images, 
even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host 
of heaven, and served Baal. 18 Therefore the Lord was 
very angry with Israel, and removed them out of his sight : 
there was none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Judah 
kept not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked 
in the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Lord 
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered 
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of 
his sight. — 22: 17 Because they have forsaken me, and have 
burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me 
to anger with all the works of their hands ; therefore my 
wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be 
quenched. 

Ps. 78: 58 They provoked him to anger with their high 
places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images. 
59 When God heard this, he was wroth, and greatly abhorred 
Israel. 

Jer. 44: 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
and upon all the cities of Judah ; and behold, this day they 
are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein ; 3 Because of 
their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to 
anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other 
gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. 
4 I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early 
and sending them, saying. Oh, do not this abominable thing 
that I hate. 

Ezk. 36: 18 Wherefore, I poured my fury upon them for the 
blood that they had shed upon the land, and for their idols 
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Sin and Danger of Ignorance 



wherewith they had polluted it: 19 And I scattered them 
among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the 
countries : according to their way and according to their 
doings I judged them. [See 486, 699.] 



IGNORANCE. 

363. Tlie sin and danger of ignorance — knowledge required. 

Ps. 32: 9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have 
no understanding : whose mouth must be held in with bit and 
bridle, lest they come near unto thee. 

Pr. 13: 18 Poverty and shame shall he to him that refuseth 
instruction : but he that regardeth reproof shall be honored. — 
15: 32 He that refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul : but 
he that heareth reproof getteth understanding. — 19: 2 Also, 
that the soul he without knowledge, it is not good ; and he that 
hasteth with his feet sinneth. 

Is. 5: 13 My people are gone into captivity, because they 
have no knowledge : and their honorable men are famished, and 
their multitude dried up with thirst. 

Hos. 4: 1 Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : 
for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the 
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of 
Grod in the land. 6 My people are destroyed for lack of 
knowledge : because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will 
also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me : seeing 
thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy 
children. 

Jn. 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the 
time Cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he 
doeth God service. 3 And these things will they do unto you, 
because they have not known the Father, nor me. 

1 Cor. 2: 7 We speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, even 
the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto 
our glory ; 8 Which none of the princes of this world knew : 
for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord 
of glory. — 14: 20 Brethren, be not children in undei-standing : 
howbeit, in malice be ye children, but in understanding be 
men. 

2 Th. 1: 7 To you, who are troubled, rest with us, when 
the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his 
mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them 
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. [See 127, 200,(10) 391.] 

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364, 365 INSTABILITY — INTEIMPERANCE. 

Instability reproved — Deceitful and injurious. 



INSTABILITY. 

364. Instability reproved — Unstable persons to be avoided. 

Gen. 49: 4 Unstable as water, thou slialt not excel. 

Pr. 24: 21 Meddle not with them that are given to change. 

Ep. 4: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the 
sleight of men, a7id cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive. 

Heb. 13: 9 Be not carried about with divers and strange 
doctrines : for it is a good thing that the heart be established 
with grace. [See 712.] 



INTEMPERANCE. 
365. Intemperance a prevalent, deceitful, loathsome and destructive vice. 

Gen. 9: 20 Noah began to le an husbandman, and he planted 
a vineyard : 21 And he drank of the wine, and was drunken ; 
and he was uncovered within his tent. 

Pr. 20: 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and 
whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. — 23: 21 The drunk- 
ard and the glutton shall come to poverty. 29 Who hath wo ? 
who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babbling ? 
who hath wounds without cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 
30 They that tarry long at the wine ; they that go to seek 
mixed wine. 34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in 
the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast. 
35 They have stricken me, shalt thou say^ and I was not sick-; 
they have beaten me, and I felt it not : when shall I awake ? 
I will seek it yet again. 

Is. 28: 7 They also have erred through wine, and through 
strong drink are out of the way ; the priest and the prophet 
have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of 
wine, they are out of the way through strong drink ; they err 
in vision, they stumble in judgment. 8 For all tables are full 
of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. — 5G: 12 
Come ye, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves 
with strong drink. 

Jer. 25: 27 Thou shalt say unto them. Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Drink ye, and be drunken, and 
spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I 
will send among you. 
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Forbidden and discouraged. 



Dan. 5: 1 Belsliazzar the king made a great feast to a thou- 
sand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. 4 They 
drank wine, and praised the gods of gold, and of silver. 

Hos. 4: 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away 
the heart. 

1 Cor. 11: 21 In eating every one taketh before other his 
own supper : and one is hungry, and another is drunken. 

366. Intemperance forbidden — penalty of — cautions. 

Dt. 21: 20 They shall say unto the elders of his city, This 
our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our 
voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. 21 And all the men 
of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die : so shalt 
thou put evil away from among you, and all Israel shall hear, 
and fear. 

Pr. 23: 20 Be not among wine-bibbers ; among riotous eaters 
of flesh. 3 1 Look not thou upon the wine w^hen it is red, when 
it giveth his color in the cup, ivhen it moveth itself aright. 32 
At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder. 

Is. 5: 11 Wo unto them that rise up early in the morning, 
that they may follov>r strong drink ; that continue until night, 
^i7/ wine inflame them! 12 And the harp, and the viol, the 
tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts : 22 Wo unto 
them that are mighty to drink w^ine, and men of strength to 
mingle strong drink. — 28: 1 Wo to the crown of pride, to the 
drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, 
which are on the head of the fat valleys of them that are 
overcome with wine 1 

Mat. 24: 48 If that evil servant shall say in his heart. My 
lord delayeth his coming ; 49 And shall begin to smite his 
fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; 50 
The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh 
not for hiniy and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And 
shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the 
hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Rom. 13: 13 Let us w^alk honestly, as in the day: not in 
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, 
not in strife and envying. 

1 Cor. 6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 

Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are 
these^ Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, 
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel- 
lings, and such like : of the w^hich I tell you before, as I have 

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The liquor seller condemned — Wisdom of abstinence. 



also told you in time past, that thej which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5: 18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; 
but be ye filled with the Spirit. [See 199, 721.] 

3G7. The liquor seller virtually and explicitly condemned. 

Gen. 4: 9 The Lord said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy 
brother ? And he said, I know not \ AthIl my brother's keeper ? 
10 And he said. What hast thou done? the voice of thy broth- 
er's blood crieth unto me from the ground. 11 And now ar^ 
thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to 
receive thy brother's blood from thy hand. 

Ex. 21. 28 If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die : 
then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be 
eaten ; but the owner of the ox shall he quit. 29 But if the 
ox were wont to push with his horn in time past, and it hath 
been testified to his owner, and he hath not kept him in, but 
that he hath killed a man or a woman ; the ox shall be stoned, 
and his owner also shall be put to death. 30 K there be laid 
on him a sum of money, then he shall give for the ransom of 
his life whatsoever is laid upon him. 

Dt. 32: 33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the 
cruel venom of asps. 34 is not this laid up in store with me, 
and sealed up among my treasures ? 35 To me belong etk ven- 
geance, and recompense ; their foot shall slide in due time : for 
the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall 
come upon them make haste. 

2 K. 21: 9 Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than 
did the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the children 
of Israel. 10 The Lord spake by his servants, the prophets, 
saying, 1 1 Because Manasseh king of Judah hath done these 
abominations, and hath done wickedly above all that the Amor- 
ites did, which were before him, and hath made Judah also to 
sin. 12 Therefore thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Behold, I 
am bringing such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoso- 
ever heareth of it, both his ears shall tingle. 

Hab. 2: 15 Wo unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that 
puttest thy bottle to him^ and makest him drunken also, that 
thou mayest look on their nakedness ! 

Jn. 3: 19 And this is the condemnation, that light has come 
into the world. [See 685.] 

368. The wisdom of total abstinence and watchfulness. 

Dan. 1: 8 Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not 
defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the 
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Founded on the Provisions of the Gospel. 



wine which he drank. 12 Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, 
ten days ; and let them give us pulse to eat, and water to drink. 
15 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer 
and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the por- 
tion of the king's meat. 

Lk. 1: 15 He [John] shall be great in the sight of the Lord, 
and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. 

E-om. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, 
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or 
is made weak. 

1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner: with such a one no not to eat. [See 199.] 

369. Priests^ Nazarites, and civil rulers specially forbidden the use of strong 
drink. 

Lev. 10: 8 The Lord spake unto Aaron, saying, 9 Do not 
drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when 
ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die : it 
shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations : 10 
And that ye may put difference between holy and unholy, and 
between unclean and clean ; 1 1 And that ye may teach the 
children of Israel all the statutes wliich the Lord hath spoken 
unto them by the hand of Moses. 

Num. 6: 1 The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak 
unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When either 
man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a 
Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the Lord : 3 He shall 
separate himself from wine and strong drink, and shall drink no 
vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink, neither shall he 
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried. 4 
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made 
of the vine-tree, from the kernels even to the husk. 

Pr. 31: 4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to 
drink wine ; nor for princes strong drink : 5 Lest they drink, 
and forget the law, and pervert the judgment of any of. the 
afflicted. [See 457.] 

INVITATIONS. 

370. Invitations, founded upon the provisions of the Gospel. 

Is. 45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of 
the earth : for I am God, and there is none else. — 65: 1 Ho, 
every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that 

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Expostulations, 



hath no money ; come ye, buy, and eat ; yea, come, buy wine 
and milk without money and without price. 2 Wherefore do 
ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labor 
for that which satisfieth not ? hearken diligently unto me, and 
eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in 
fatness. 3 Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and 
your soul shall live : and I will make an everlasting covenant 
vvnth you, even the sure mercies of David. 

Mat. 11: 28 Come unto me, all 7/e that labor, and are heavy 
laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, 
and learn of me : for I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye 
shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and 
my burden is light. — 22: 2 The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And 
sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the 
wedding, and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth 
other servants, saying. Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I 
have prepared my dinner : my oxen and iny fatlings are killed, 
and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. 

Lk. 14: 17 And sent his servant at supper- time, to say to 
them that were bidden. Come, for all things are now ready. 

Jn. 7: 37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus 
stood and cried, saying. If any man thirst, let him come unto 
me, and drink. 

Rev. 3: 20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : If any 
man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, 
and will sup with him, and he with me. — 22: 17 The Spirit and 
the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say. Come. 
And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him 
take the water of life freely. [See 233, 580.] 

371. Expostulatory Invitations. 

Pr. 1: 20 Wisdom crieth without ; she uttereth her voice in 
the streets : 21 She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in 
the openings of the gates : in the city she uttereth her words, 
saying^ 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? 
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate know- 
ledge? 23 Turn you at my i^eproof : behold, I will pour out 
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 

Is. 1: 18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the 
Lord : though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white 
as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as 
wool. 

Jer. 22: 29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord. 

Ezk. 33: 11 Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, 
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Sincerity of apparent — Rejected. 



1 have no pleasure in the death of the wicked ; but that the 
wicked turn from his way and live : turn ye, turn ye from your 
evil ways ; for why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

Mic. 6: 1 Hear ye now what the Lord saith ; Arise, con- 
tend thou before the mountains and let the hills hear thy voice. 

2 Hear ye, mountains, the Lord's controversy, and ye 
strong foundations of the earth : for the Lord hath a contro- 
versy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. 3 O my 
people, what have I done unto thee? and wherein have I 
wearied thee ? testify against me. [See 60, 224-5.] 

372. Sincerity of God's invitations apparent^ or good desired and evil dep- 
recated. 

Ps. 81: 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and 
Israel had walked in my ways ! 14 1 should soon have sub- 
dued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries. 
15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves 
unto him. 

Is. 48: 18 O that thou hadst hearkened to my command- 
ments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteous- 
ness as the waves of the sea. 

Lk. 19: 41 When he w^as come near, he beheld the city, and 
wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at 
least in this thy day, the tilings ^^7A^cA6eZo7^^ unto thy peace! but 
now they are hid from thine eyes. [See 224, 228, 233.] 

373. Invitations rejected — excuses of sinners. 

Ps. 58: 4 T/iey are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her 
ear; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, 
charming never so wisely. 

Pr. 1: 24 I have called and ye refused, I have stretched 
out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye have set at 
nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof. 

Zee. 7: 11 They refused to hearken, and pulled away the 
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 
12 Yea, they made their hearts assai adamant stone, lest they 
should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts 
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : therefore came 
a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 13 Therefore it is 
come to pass, that as he cried, and they would not hear ; so 
they cried, and I would not hear, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 22: 2 The kingdom of heaven i-s like unto a certain 
king, which made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent forth his 
servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding : and 
they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, 

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374, 375 IRONY — JEWS. 



Ironical Language — Jewish population predicted. 



saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared 
my dinner : my oxen and my fadings are killed, and all things 
are ready : come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light 
of ^^, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his 
merchandise. 6 And the remnant took his servants, and 
entreated them, spitefully, and slew them, 

Lk. 14: 17 And sent his servant at supper-time to say to 
them that were bidden, Come, for all things are now ready. 

18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The 
first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I 
must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and 
I go to prove them : I pray thee have me excused. 20 And 
another said, I have married a wife : and therefore I cannot 
come. [See 272, 696-7, 706.] 



IKONY. 
374. Ironical langiLCiye sometimes used in the Bible. 

Jud. 10: 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; 
let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation. 

1 K. 18: 27 It came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked 
them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god : either he is talking, 
or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he 
sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

Job 12: 1 Job answered and said, 2 No doubt but ye are the 
people, and wisdom shall die with you. 

Ec. 11: 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways 
of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, 
that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. 



JEWS, OR SEED OF ABRAHAM. 
375. Predicted population of the Jews, 

Gen. 13: 16 I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: 
so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall 
thy seed also be numbered. — 26: 4 I will make thy seed to 
multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all 
these countries : and in thy seed shall all the nations of the 
earth be blessed. 

Is. 27: 6 He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take 
root : Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world 
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Extent of their domain — Their wickedness and dispersion. 

with fruit. — 60: 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and 
a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his 
time. — 37: 26 I will make a covenant of peace with them ; it 
shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place 
them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the 
midst of them for evermore. 

Hos. 1: 10 The number of the children of Israel shall be as 
the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered ; 
and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said 
unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto 
them, Te are the sons of the living God. 

[Gen. 15: 5, and 16: 10, and 22: 17, and 28: 14. Num. 
23: 10. Is. 65: 23.] 

376. Extent of their territory^ and nature of the grant to them. 

Gen. 15: 18 In that same day the Lord made a covenant 
with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, 
from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Eu- 
phrates. — 17: 8 I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after 
thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of 
Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their 
God. 

Dt. 32: 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their 
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the 
bounds of the people according to the number of the children 
of Israel. 9 For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is 
the lot of his inheritance. 

Jos. 1: 4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto 
the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hit- 
tites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the 
sun, shall be your coast. 

[Num. 34: 2—12. Gen. 12: 7, and 13: 14—17. Ex. 6: 4, 
and 32: 13.] 

377. Wickedness and predicted dispersion of the Jews. 

Dt. 28: 64 The Lord shall scatter thee among all people 
from the one end of the earth even unto the other ; and 
there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy 
fathers have known, even wood and stone. 65 And among 
these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of 
thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a 
trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind. 
66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee : and thou 
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy 
life. 

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Their return to Palestine. 



2 K. 17: 6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria 
took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed 
them in Halah and in Habor hy the river of Gozan, and in the 
cities of the Medes. 18 Therefore the Lord was very angry 
with Israel, and removed them out of his sight: there was 
none left but the tribe of Judah only. 19 Also Judah kept 
not the commandments of the Lord their God, but walked in 
the statutes of Israel which they made. 20 And the Lord 
rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered 
them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of 
his sight. 23 So was Israel carried away out of their own 
land to Assyria unto this day. 

Ezk. 2: 3 He said unto me, Son of man, I send thee to the 
children of Israel, to a rebellious nation that hath rebelled 
against me : they and their fathers have transgressed against 
me, even unto this very day. 7 Thou shalt speak my words 
unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will for- 
bear : for they are most rebellious. — 6\ b Thus saith the Lord 
God ; This is Jerusalem ; I have set it in the midst of the 
nations and countries that are round about her. 6 And she 
hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the 
nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round 
about her : for they have refused my judgments and my stat- 
utes, they have not walked in them. 9 I will do in thee that 
which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more 
the like, because of all thine abominations. — 9: 9 Then^aid 
he unto me. The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is 
exceeding great, and the land is full of blood, and the city full 
of perverseness : for they say. The Lord hath forsaken the 
earth, and the Lord seeth not. 

Hos. 9: 16 Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they 
shall bear no fruit : yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay 
even the beloved /rz//?^ of their womb. 17 My God will cast 
them away, because they did not hearken unto him : and they 
shall be wanderers among the nations. 

378. Predicted resuscitation^ reunion, and return of the Jews to the promised 
land, with peculiar subsequent prosperity. 

Is. 11: 11 It shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord 
shall set his hand again the second time to recover the rem- 
nant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from 
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Gush, and from Elam, 
and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of 
the sea. 12 And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, 
and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together 
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the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth. 13 
The envy also of Ephraim shall depart, and the adversaries 
of Judah shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not envy Judah, and 
Judah shall not vex Ephraim. 1 6 And there shall be an high- 
way for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from 
Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up 
out of the land of Egypt. — 27: 6 He shall cause them that 
come of Jacob to take root ; Israel shall blossom and bud, and 
fill the face of the world with fruit. 13 And it shall come to 
pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and 
they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of 
Assyria, and the outcasts m the land of Egypt, and shall wor- 
ship the Lord in the holy mount at Jerusalem. — 49: 22 Thus 
saith the Lord God, Behold, I will lift up my hand to the 
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people : and they shall 
bring thy sons in their arms, and thy daughters shall be carried 
upon their shoulders. 23 And kings shall be thy nursing 
fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers. 

Jer. 3: 17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne 
of the Lord ; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to 
the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk 
any more after the imagination of their evil heart. 18 In 
those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of 
Israel, and they shall come together out of the land of the 
north to the land that I have given for an inheritance unto 
your fathers. — 16: 14 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, 
that it shall no more be said. The Lord liveth, that brought up 
the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt. 15 But, The 
Lord liveth, that brought up the children of Israel from the 
land of the north, and from all the lands whither he had driven 
them : and I will bring them again into their land that I gave 
unto their fathers. 1 6 Behold, I will send for many fishers, 
saith the Lord, and they shall fish them ; and after will I send 
for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every 
mountain, and from every hill, and out of the holes of the 
rocks. 

Ezk. 20: 40 For in my holy mountain, in the mountain of the 
heisrht of Israel, saith the Lord God, there shall all the house 
of Israel, all of them in the land, serve me : there will I accept 
them, and there will I require your offerings, and the first 
fruits of your oblations, with all your holy things. 41 I will 
accept you with your sweet savor, when I bring you out from 
the people, and gather you out of the countries wlierein ye 
have been scattered; and I will be sanctified in you before the 
heathen. 42 And ye shall know that I am the Lord when I 

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shall bring you into the land of Israel, into the country ybr the 
which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. — 34: 13 
I will bring them out from the people, and gather them 
from the countries, and will bring them to their own land, 
and feed them upon the mountains of Israel by the rivers, 
and in all the inhabited places of the country. 23 And I 
will set up one Shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, 
even my servant David ; he shall feed them, and he shall be 
their shepherd. 24 And I the Lokd will be their God, and 
my servant David a prince among them ; I the Lord have 
spoken it 25 And I will make with them a covenant of 
peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the 
woods. 26 And I will make them and the places round about 
my hill a blessing ; and I will cause the shower to come down 
in his season ; there shall be showers of blessing. 27 And 
the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall 
yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and 
shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands 
of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those 
that served themselves of them. 28 And they shall no more 
be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beasts of the land 
devour them ; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make 
them afraid. 29 And I will raise up for them a plant of re- 
nown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the 
land, neither bear the shame of the heathen any more. — 
36: 1 Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains 
of Israel, and say. Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of 
the Lord : 2 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because the enemy 
hath said against you. Aha, even the ancient high places are 
ours in possession : 3 Therefore, prophesy and say. Thus saith 
the Lord God ; Because they have made you desolate, and 
swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession 
unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the 
lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people : 4 Therefore, 
jQ mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God ; Thus 
saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the 
rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the 
cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to 
the residue of the heathen that are round about ; 5 Therefore 
thus saith the Lord God ; Surely in the fire of my jealousy 
have I spoken against the residue of the heathen, and against 
all Idumea, which have appointed my land into their posses- 
sion with the joy of all their heart, with despiteful minds, to 
cast it out for a prey. 6 Prophesy therefore concerning the 
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land of Israel, and say unto the mountains, and to the hills, to 
the rivers, and to the valleys, Thus saith the Lord God ; J3e- 
hold, I have spoken in my jealousy and in my fury, because 
ye have borne the shame of the heathen : 7 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord God ; I have lifted up mine hand : Surely the 
heathen that are about you, they shall bear their shame. 
8 But ye, O mountains of Israel, ye shall shoot forth your 
branches, and yield your fruit to my people of Israel ; for they 
are at hand to come. 9 For behold, I am for you, and I will 
turn unto you, and ye shall be tilled and sown : 10 And I will 
multiply men upon you, all the house of Israel, even all of it : 
and the cities shall be inhabited, and the wastes shall be 
builded: 11 And I wall multiply upon you man and beast; 
and they shall increase and bring fruit : and I will settle you 
after your old estates, and will do better unto you than at your 
beginnings : and ye shall know that I a7?2 the Lord. 12 Yea, 
I will cause men to walk upon you, even my people Israel ; and 
they shall possess thee, and thou shalt be their mheritance, 
and thou shalt no more henceforth bereave them of men, 

13 Thus saith the Lord God; Because they say unto you, 
Thou land devourest up men, and hast bereaved thy nations ; 

14 Therefore, thou shalt devour men no more, neither bereave 
thy nations any more, saith the Lord God. 15 Neither will I 
cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, 
neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, 
neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the 
Lord God. 33 Thus saith the Lord God ; In the day that I 
shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also 
cause yon to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. 
34 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay deso- 
late in the sight of all that passed by. 35 And they shall say, 
This land that was desolate is become like the garden of Eden ; 
and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are become fenced, 
and are inhabited. 36 Then the heathen that are left round 
about you shall know that I the Lokd build the Tmn^di places, 
and plant that that was desolate : I the Lord have spoken it, 
and I will do it. — 37: 1 The hand of the Lord was upon me, 
and carried me out in the Spirit of the Lord, and set me down 
in the midst of the valley which was full of bones, 2 And caused 
me to pass by them round about : and behold, there were very 
many in the open valley ; and lo, they were very dry. 3 And 
he said unto me. Son of man, can these bones live ? and I an- 
swered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 11 Then he said unto 
me. Son of man, these bones are the whole house of Israel : 
behold, they say, Our bones are dried, and our hope is lost : we 

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are cut off for our parts. 12 Therefore prophesy and saj unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, O my people, I will 
open your graves, and cause you to come up out of your graves, 
and bring you into the land of Israel. 13 And ye shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I have opened your graves, O my 
people, and brought you up out of your graves, 14 And shall 
put my Spirit in you, and ye shall live, and I shall place you 
in your own land : then shall ye know that I the Lord have 
spoken it^ and performed it^ saith the Lord. 16 Moreover, 
thou son of man, take thee one stick, and write upon it. For 
Judah, and for the children of Israel his companions : then 
take another stick, and write upon it. For Joseph, the stick of 
Ephraim, and ybr all the house of Israel his companions : 17 
And join them one to another into one stick ; and they shall 
become one in thy hand. 18 And when the children of thy 
people shall speak unto thee, saying, Wilt thou not shew us what 
thou meanest by these? 19 Say unto them. Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Behold, I will take the stick of Joseph, which is in 
the hand of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel his fellows, and 
will put them with him, even with the stick of Judah, and make 
them one stick, and they shall be one in my hand. 20 And 
the sticks whereon thou writest shall be in thy hand before 
their eyes. 21 And say unto them. Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among 
the heathen, whither they be gone, and wdll gather them 
on every side, and bring them into their own land : 22 And 
I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains 
of Israel ; and one king shall be king to them all : and they 
shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into 
two kingdoms any more at all : 23 Neither shall they defile 
themselves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable 
things, nor with any of their transgressions : but I will save 
them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have 
sinned, and will cleanse them : so shall they be my people, and 
I will be their God. 25 And they shall dwell in the land that 
I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein yotti^ fathers 
have dwelt, and they shall dwell therein, even they, and their 
children, and their children's children for ever : and my ser- 
vant David shall he their prince for ever. 26 Moreover I 
will make a covenant of peace with them ; it shall be an ever- 
lasting covenant with them : and I will plaee them, and 
multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them 
for evermore. 27 My tabernacle also shall be with them : 
yea, I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 
28 And the heathen shall know that I the Lord do sanctify 
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Israel, when mj sanctuary shall be in the midst of them for 
evermore. — 39: 24 According to their uncleanness and accord- 
ing to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my 
face from them. 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; 
Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob, and have mercy 
upon the whole house of Israel, and will be jealous for my 
holy name ; 28 Then shall they know that I am the Lord 
their God, which caused them to be led into captivity among 
the heathen : but I have gathered them unto their own land, 
and have left none ot them any more there. 29 Neither will 
I hide my face any more from them : for I ha^% poured out 
my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

Hos. 1: 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall 
be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor num- 
bered ; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was 
said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said 
unto them, . Je are the sons of the living God. 11 Then shall 
the children of Judah and the childi^en of Israel be gathered 
together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come 
up out of the land : for great shall he the day of Jezreel. — 
3: 4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without 
a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and with- 
out an image, and without an ephod, and tvithout teraphim : 5 
Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the 
Lord their God, and David their king; and shall fear 
the Lord and his goodness in the latter days. — 14: 5 I will 
be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and 
cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall 
spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his 
smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dv/ell under his shadow shall 
return ; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine : 
the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 

Am. 9: 14 I will bring again the captivity of my people of 
Israel, and they shall build the waste cities, and inhabit them ; 
and they shall plant vineyards, and drink the wine thereof ; 
they shall also make gardens, and eat the fruit of them. 15 
And I will plant them upon their land, and they shall no more 
be pulled up out of their land which I have given them, saith 
the Lord thy God. 

JVIic. 2: 12 I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I 
will surely gather the remnant of Israel ; I will put them 
together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of 
their fold : they shall make great noise by reason of the multi- 
tude of men. 13 The breaker is come up before them: they 
have broken up, and have passed through the gate, and are 

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gone out by it ; and tlieir king shall pass before them, and the 
Lord on the head of them. — 4: 6 In that day, saith the 
Lord, will I assemble her that halteth, and I will gather her 
that is driven out, and her that I have afflicted ; 7 And I will 
make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a 
strong nation : and the Lord shall reign over them in Mount 
Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 

Zee. 10: 6 I will strengthen the house of Judah, and I will 
save the house of Joseph, and I will bring them again to place 
them ; for I have mercy upon them : and they shall be as 
though I ha(f not cast them off: for I am the Lord their God, 
and will hear them. 7 And they of Ephraim shall be like 
a mighty man, and their heart shall rejoice as through wine : 
yea, their children shall see it, and be glad ; their heart shall 
rejoice in the Lord. 8 I will hiss for them, and gather them ; 
for I have redeemed them : and they shall increase as they 
have increased. 10 I will bring them again also out of the 
land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria ; and I will 
bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon ; and place 
shall not be found for them. 

Lk. 21: 24 They shall fall by the edge of the sword, and 
shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall 
be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles 
be fulfilled. [Dt. 30: 1—6, Jer. 23: G— 8, and 46 ; 27, 28, Mic. 
5th chap.] 

379. Removal of obstructions to the return of the Jews. 

Is. 11: 15 The Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the 
Egyptian sea ; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his 
hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, 
and make me^^ go over dry-shod. — 27: 12 It shall come to 
pass in that day, that the Lord shall beat off from the channel 
of the river unto the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be gathered 
one by one, O ye children of Israel. 

Rev. 16: 12 The sixth angel poured out his vial upon the 
great river Euphrates ; and the water thereof was dried up, 
that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 

380. Enlarged possessions predicted. 

Is. 11: 14 They shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philis- 
tines toward the west ; they shall spoil them of the east together : 
they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab ; and the chil- 
dren of Ammon shall obey them. 

Am. 9: 1 1 In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David 
that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof ; and I will raise 
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up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old : 12 That 
they may possess the remnant of Edom, and of all the heathen 
which are called by my name, saith the Lord that doeth this. 
Ob. 18 The house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house 
of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they 
shall kindle in them, and devour them ; and there shall not be 
any remaining of the house of Esau ; for the Lord hath spoken 
it, 19 And they of the south shall possess the mount of 
Esau ; and they of the plain the Philistines : and they shall 
possess the fields of Ephraim, and the fields of Samaria : and 
^e,Ti]2imm shall possess Gilead. 20 And the captivity of this 
host of the children of Israel shall possess that of the Canaan- 
ites, even unto Zarephath; and the captivity of Jerusalem, 
which is in Sephared, shall possess the cities of the south. 
[See Is. 54: 3.] 

381. Trials and revolutions connected with the return of the Jews to Pat- 
estine. 

Is. 11: 14 They shall fly upon the shoulders of the Philis- 
tines toward the west ; they shall spoil them of the east to- 
gether : they shall lay their hand upon Edom and Moab; and the 
children of Ammon shall obey them. 

Jer. 30: 7 Alas ! for that day is great, so that none is like it : 
it 2*5 even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out 
of it. 11 For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee : 
though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattared 
thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee : but I will correct 
thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpun- 
ished. 

Ezk. 20: 33 As I live, saith the Lord God, surely with a 
mighty hand, and with a stretched out arm, and mth fury 
poured out, will I rule over you : 34 And I will bring you out 
from the people, and will gather you out of the countries where- 
in ye are scattered, with a mighty hand, and with a stretched 
out arm, and with fury poured out. 35 And I will bring you 
into the wilderness of the people, and there will I plead with 
you face to face. 36 Like as I pleaded with your fathers in the 
wilderness of the land of Egypt, so will I plead with you, saith 
the Lord God. 37 And I will cause you to pass under the 
rod, and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant : 38 
And I will purge out from among you the rebels, and them that 
transgress against me : I will bring them forth out of the coun- 
try where they sojourn, and they shall not enter into the land 
of Israel : and ye shall know that I am the Lord. — 38: 8 
After many days thou shalt be visited : in the latter years thou 

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shalt come into the land that is brought back from the sword, 
and is gathered out of many people, against the mountains of 
Israel, which have been always waste : but it is brought forth 
out of the nations, and they shall dwell safely all of them. 9 
Thou shalt ascend and come like a storm, thou shalt be like a 
cloud to cover the land, thou, and all thy bands, and many peo- 
ple with thee. 1 1 And thou shalt say, I will go up to the land 
of unwalled villages ; I will go to them that are at rest, that 
dwell safely, all of them dwelling without walls, and having 
neither bars nor gates, 1 2 To take a spoil,and to take a prey ; to 
turn thy hand upon the desolate places that are now inhabited, 
and upon the people that are gathered out of the nations, which 
have gotten cattle and goods, that dwell in the midst of the 
land. 16 And thou shalt come up against my people of Israel, 
as a cloud to cover the land ; it shall be in the latter days, and 
I will bring thee against my land, that the heathen may know 
me, when I shall be sanctified in thee, O Gog, before their 
eyes. 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout 
all my mountains, saith the Lord God : every man's sword 
shall be against his brother. 22 And I will plead against him 
with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and 
upon his bands, and upon the many people that ai^e with him, 
an overflowing rain, and great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 

Joel 3: 1 Behold, in those days, and in that time, when I 
shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 2 I 
will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the 
valley of Jehoshaphat, and Vvill plead with them there for my 
people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered 
among the nations, and parted my land. 12 Let the heathen 
be wakened, and come up to the valley of Jehoshaphat : for 
there will I sit to judge all the heathen round about. 17 So 
shall ye know that I am the Lord your God dwelling in Zion 
my holy mountain : then shall Jerusalem be holy, and there 
shall no strangers pass through her any more. 

Mic. 4: 11 Many nations are gathered against thee, that say. 
Let her be defiled, and let our eye look upon Zion. 12 But 
they know not the thoughts of the Lord, neither understand 
they his counsel : for he shall gather them as the sheaves into 
the floor. 13 Arise and thresh, O daughter of Zion: fori 
will make thine horn iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass : 
and thou shalt beat in pieces many people: and I will conse- 
crate their gain unto the Lord, and their substance unto the 
Lord of the whole earth. 

Zee. 10: 11 He shall pass through the sea with afliliction, 
and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the 
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river shall dry up : and the pride of Assyria shall be brought 
down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away. — 12; 2 
Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the 
people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against 
Judah and against Jerusalem. 3 And in that day will I make 
Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all people : all that burden 
themselves with it shall be cut in pieces, though all the people 
of the earth be gathered together against it. 6 In that day 
will I make the governors of Judah like a hearth of fire among 
the wood, and like a torch of fire in a sheaf; and they shall 
devour all the people round about, on the right hand and on 
the left : and Jerusalem shall be inhabited again in her OT\^n 
place, even in Jerusalem. 9 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that I will seek to destroy all the nations that come against 
Jerusalem. — 13: 8 It shall come to pass, that in all the land, 
saith the Lord, two parts therein shall be cut off and die ; but 
the third shall be left therein. 9 And I will bring the third 
part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, 
and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and 
I will hear them : I will say, It is my people ; and they shall 
say. The Lord is my God. — 14: 1 Behold, the day of the 
Lord cometh, and thy spoil shall be divided in the midst of 
thee. 2 For I will gather all nations against Jerusalem to 
battle ; and the city shall be taken, and the houses rifled, and 
the women ravished ; and half of the city shall go forth into 
captivity, and the residue of the people shall not be cut off 
from the city. 3 Then shall the Lord go forth, and fight 
against those nations, as when he fought in the day of battle. 
12 And this shall be the plague wherewith the Lord will smite 
all the people that have fought against Jerusalem ; Their flesh 
shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their 
eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall 
consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass 
in that day, that a great tumult from the Lord shall be among 
them ; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his 
neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his 
neighbor. 14 And Judah also shall fight at Jerusalem: and 
the wealth of all the heathen round about shall be gathered 
together, gold, and silver, and apparel, in great abundance. 
16 And it shall come to pass that every one that is left of all 
the nations which came against Jerusalem, shall even go up 
from year to year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and 
to keep the feast of tabernacles. 20 In that day shall there 
be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE 
LORD ; and the pots in \\iq Lord's house shall be like the bowls 
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beforethealtar. [Zec.lO;10— 12.Jer. 30: 7— 11.] — [See 86, 
87, 486, 566, 630.] 

382. Conversion of the Jews. 

Is. 27: 7 Hatli he smitten him, as he smote those that smote 
him ? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are 
slain by him ? 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob 
be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin ; when 
he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalk-stones that are 
beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. 

Jer. 31: 1 At the same time, saith the Lord, will I be the 
God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people. 
18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; 
Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock un- 
accustomed to the yoke : turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; 
for thou art the Lord my God. 19 Surely after that I was 
turned, I repented ; and after that I was instructed, I smote 
upon my thigh : I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I 
did bear the reproach of my youth. 20 Is Ephraim my dear 
son ? is he a pleasant child ? for since I spake against him, 1 
do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are 
troubled for him ; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the 
Lord. 31 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will 
make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the 
house of Judah: 32 Not according to the covenant that I made 
with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt ; which my covenant they 
brake, although I was a husband unto them, saith the Lord : 
33 But this shall he the covenant that I will make with the 
house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, I will put 
my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; and 
will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And they 
shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man 
his brother, saying. Know the Lord : for they shall all know 
me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the 
Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember 
their sin no more. — 33: 8 I will cleanse them from all their 
iniquity, whereby they have sinned against me ; and I will 
pardon all their iniquities, whereby they have sinned, and 
whereby they have transgressed against me. 

Ezk. 36: 21 I had pity for mine holy name, which the house 
of Israel had profaned among the heathen, whither they went. 
22 Therefore, say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but 
for mine holy name's sake, which ye have profaned among the 
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heathen, whither ye went. 23 And I will sanctify my great 
name, which was profaned among the heathen, which ye have 
profaned in the midst of them ; and the heathen shall know 
that I am the Loed, saith the Lord God, when I shall be 
sanctified in you before their eyes. 24 For I will take you 
from among the heathen, and gather you out of all countries, 
and wiU bring you into your own land. 25 Then will I 
sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean : from all 
your filthiness, and from ail your idols, will I cleanse you. 
26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I 
put within you : and I will take away the stony heart out of 
your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 27 And I 
will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my 
statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them, 28 
And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers ; 
and ye shall be my people, and I will be your God. 31 Then 
shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that 
ivere not good, and shall loathe yourselves in your own sight 
for your iniquities, and for your abominations. 32 Not for 
your sakes do I this, saith the Lord God, be it known unto 
you : be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house 
of Israel. 

Hos. 14: 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them 
freely : for mine anger is turned away from him. 8 Ephraim 
shall say, What have I to do any more with idols ? 

Mic. 4: 2 Many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let 
us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the 
God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of his ways, and vv^e will 
walk in his paths : for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the 
word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

Zee. 12: 10 I will pour upon the house of David, and upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of sup- 
plications : and they shall look npon me whom they have 
pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his 
only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in 
bitterness for his first-born. 11 In that day shall there be a 
great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrim- 
mon in the valley of Megiddon. 

Rom. 11: 15 If the casting away of them he the reconciling 
of the world, what shall the receiving of them he, but life from 
the dead ? 16 For if the first fruit he holy, the lump is also 
holy : and if the root he holy, so are the branches. 24 For if 
thou wert cut out of the oHve-tree which is wild by nature, 
and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive-tree, how 
much more shall these, which be )he natural hranches, be 

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Appointed. 



graffed into tlieir own olive-tree ? 25 For I would not, breth- 
ren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, (lest ye should 
be wise in your own conceits) that blindness in part is happened 
to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And 
so all Israel shall be saved : as it is written, There shall come 
out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness 
from Jacob : 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I 
shall take away their sins. 

2 Cor. 3: 15 Even unto this day, when Moses is read, the 
vail is upon their heart. 16 Nevertheless, when it shall turn 
to the Lord, the vail shall be taken away. 



GENERAL JUDGMENT. 
383. General judgment appointed. 

Ps. 50: 3 Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : 
a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous 
round about him. 4 He shall call to the heavens from above, 
and to the earth, that he may judge his people. 5 Gather my 
saints together unto me ; those that have made a covenant with 
me by sacrifice. 6 And the heavens shall declare his right- 
eousness : for God is judge himself. 

Mat. 11: 24 I say unto you, That it shall be more tolera- 
ble for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment, than for 
thee. 

Ac. 17: 31 He hath appointed a day, in the which he will 
judge the world in righteousness, by that man whom he hath 
ordained : whereof he hath given assurance unto all men^ in 
that he hath raised him from the dead. — 24: 25 As he reasoned 
of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Fehx 
trembled. 

Eom. 14: 10 Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost 
thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall all stand before 
the judgment-seat of Christ. 12 So then every one of us 
shall give account of himself to God. 

2 Cor. 5: 10 We must all appear before the judgment-seat 
of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his 
body, according to that he hath done, whether it he good or bad. 

2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 

Heb. 9: 27 It is appointed unto men once to die, but after 
this the judgment. 

2 Pet. 3: 7 The heavens and tte earth, which are now, by 
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Design of — Sudden and Unexpected. 



the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the 
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains 
under darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 

Rev. 20: 12 I saw the dead, small and great, stand before 
God: and the books were opened: and another book was 
opened, which is the hook of life : and the dead were judged 
out of those things which were written in the books, according 
to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were 
in it ; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were 
in them : and they were judged every man according to their 
works. 

384. Design of the general judgment. 

Rom. 2: 5 After thy hardness and impenitent heart, treas- 
urest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and rev- 
elation of the righteous judgment of God. 

Jude 14 Enoch also, the seventh from Ad^m, prophesied 
of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand 
of liis saints, 15 To execute judgment upon all, and to con- 
vince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly 
deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their 
hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him. 

385. The Judgment day will come saddenhj and unexpectedly. 

Mat. 24: 37 As the days of Noe wei^e^ so shall also the com- 
ing of the Son of man be. 38 For as in the days that were 
before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and 
giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all 
away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. — 
25: 13 \Yatch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the 
hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 

Mk. 13: 32 Of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, 
not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the 
Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray : for ye know not 
when the time is. 35 Watch ye therefore : for ye know not 
when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, 
or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning : 36 Lest coming 
suddenly, he find you sleeping. 

Lk. 17: 24 As the lightning that lighteneth out of the one 
part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven ; 
so shall also the Son of man be in his day. 28 Likewise also 
as it was in the days of Lot : they did eat, they drank, thej 

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Earth to perish — Final Separation. 



bought, tliej sold, they planted, they builded ; 29 But the 
same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brim- 
stone from heaven, and destroyed them all: 30 Even thus 
shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. — ■ 
21: 35 As a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the 
face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray 
ahvays, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son 
of man. 

Ac. 1: 7 He said unto them. It is not for you to know the 
times or the seasons which the Father hath put in his own 
power. [See 149.] 

386. Destruction of the material heavens and earth. 

Ps. 102: 25 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth; 
and the heavens are the work of thy hands. 26 They shall 
perish, but thou shalt endure : yea, all of them shall wax old 
like a garment ; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they 
shall be changed. 

Is. 51: 6 Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon 
the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like 
smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they 
that dwell therein shall die in like manner. 

2 Pet. 3: 7 The heavens and the earth, which are now, by 
the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the 
day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 10 But the 
day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night ; in the which 
the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that 
are therein shall be burned up. 11 Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to 
be in all holy conversation and godliness, 12 Looking for and 
hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the 
heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat ? 

Rev. 20:11 I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on 
it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away ; and 
there was found no place for them. 

387. The righteous and wicked separated at judgment. 

Mat. 13: 30 Let both grow together until the harvest : and 
in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye 
together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : 
but gather the wheat into my barn. — 22: 11 When the king 
came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not 
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Christ the Judge — Particular disclosures. 



on a wedding-garment : 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, 
how earnest thou in hither, not having a wedding-garment ? 
And he was speechless. 1 3 Then said the king to the servants. 
Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into 
outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. — 
25: 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all 
the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne 
of his glory : 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: 
and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth Ms sheep from the goats : 33 And he shall set the 
sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 

Lk. 16: 26 Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: 
so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; 
neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. 

[See 560.] 

388. Judgment committed to Christ. 

Jn. 5: 22 The Father judgeth no man ; but hath committed 
all judgment unto the Son: 23 That all men should honor 
the Son, even as they honor the Father. 27 And hath given 
him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son 
of man. 

Ac. 10: 40 Him God raised up the third day, and shewed 
him openly : 42 And he commanded us to preach unto the 
people, and to testify that it is he which was ordained of God 
to he the Judge of quick and dead. 

2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom. 

389. Particular disclosures at the day of judgment. 

Ec. 11: 9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth: and let thy 
heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the 
ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know 
thou, that for all these things God vAW bring thee into judg- 
ment. — 12: 14 God shall bring every work into judgment, 
with every secret thing, whether it he good, or whether it he 
evil. 

Mat 12: 36 I say unto you. That every idle word that 
men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day 
of judgment. 

Lk. 12: 2 There is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; 
neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore, whatsoever 
ye have spoken in darkness, shall be heard in the light : and that 
which ye have spoken in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed 
upon the house-tops. 

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390 — 392 JUDGMENT DAY — KNOWLEDGE. 

Irrerocable Decisions — Knowledge Required — Its Benefits, 

Rom. 2: 16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of 
men by Jesus Christ, according to my gospel. 

1 Cor. 3: 13 Every man's work shall be made manifest : for 
the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire ; 
and the fire shall try every man's work, of what sort it is. — 
4: 5 Judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who 
both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will 
make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every 
man have praise of God. 

390. Irrevocable decisions of the 'judgment. 

Lk. 13: 26 Then shall ye begin to say. We have eaten and 
drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 
27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are ; 
depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. — 16: 26 Betv/een 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would 
pass from hence to you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, 
that loould come from thence. 

Rev. 22: 11 He that is unjust, let him be unjust stiU : and he 
which is filthy, let him be filthy still : and he that is righteous, 
let him be righteous still : and he that is holy, let him be holy 
still. 12 And behold, I come quickly ; and my reward is with 
me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

[See 553, 567, 572.] 

KNOWLEDGE. 

391 . True knowledge required and encouraged. 

Pr. 4: 7 Wisdom is the principal thing ; therefore get wisdom : 
and with all thy getting get understanding. 8 Exalt her, and 
she shall promote thee : she shall bring thee to honor, when 
thou dost embrace her. 9 She shall give to thine head an 
ornament of grace : a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. 
13 Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep her ; for 
she is thy life. — 8: 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver: 
and knowledge rather than choice gold. — 22: 17 Bow down 
thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine 
heart unto my knowledge. — 23: 12 Apply thine heart unto 
instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge. 23 Buy 
the truth, and sell it not, also wisdom, and instruction, and 
understanding. [See 363, 633.] 

392. The benefit of true knoioledge, 

Pr. 2: 10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and 
knowledge is pleasant unto thv soul ; 1 1 Discretion shall pre- 
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The foundation of Love — Certiiin Knowledge. 



serve thee, understanding shall keep thee: 12 To deliver thee 
from the way of the evil man., from the man that speaketh 
froward things. — 3: 13 Happy is the man ihoi findeth wisdom, 
and the man that getteth understanding. 14 For the merchan- 
dise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain 
thereof than fine gold. 15 She is more precious than rubies : 
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared 
unto her. 1 6 Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her 
left riches and honor. 17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
and all her paths are peace. 18 She is a tree of life to them 
that lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth 
lier. 35 The wise shall inherit glory : but shame shall be the 
promotion of fools. — 4: 5 Get wisdom, get understanding: 
forget it not ; neither decline from the words of my mouth. 
G Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee : love her, and 
she shall keep thee. 8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee : 
she shall bring thee to honor, w^hen thou dost embrace her. 
9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace : a crown 
of glory shall she deliver to thee. — 16: 22 Understanding is 
a well-spring of life unto him that hath it : but the instructior 
of fools is folly. 

Ec. 7: 12 Wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence : but 
the excellency of knowledge is^ that wisdom giveth life to them 
that have it. 

393. Tnie knowledge^ essential to true love. 

Ph. 1: 9 This I pray, that your love may abound yet more 
and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; 10 That ye may 
approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and 
without offence till the day of Christ. 

2 Pet. 1: 2 Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through 
the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord. 3 According 
as his divine, power hath given unto us all things that pertain 
unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath 
called us to glory and virtue. [See 47.] 

394. The certain hnoidedge of divine truth. 

Job 19: 25 I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he 
shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. 

Pr. 22: 20 Have not I written to thee excellent things in 
counsels and knowledge, 21 That I might make thee know i\\Q 
certainty of the words of truth ; that thou mightest answer tlie 
words of truth to them that send unto thee ? 

Jn. 6: 69 We believe, and are sure that thou art that Christ, 
the Son of the living God. 

2 Tim. 1: 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things: 

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How Attained — To be Imparted — Self-knowledge. 



nevertheless I am not ashamed : for I know whom I have be- 
lieved, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I 
have committed unto him against that daj. 

1 Jn. 2: 20 Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye 
know all things. 21 I have not wiitten unto you because ye 
know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is 
of the truth. [See 206, 240.] 

395. IIoiv can knowledge and wisdom be attained? 

Pr. 2: 3 Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, a7id liftest up 
thy voice for understanding ;. 4 If thou seekest her as silver, 
and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; 5 Then shalt thou 
understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of 
God. 6 For the Lord giveth wisdom : out of his mouth 
cometh knowledge and understanding. 7 He layeth up sound 
wisdom for the righteous : he is a buckler to them that walk 
uprightly. — 18; 1 Through desire, a man, having separated 
himself, seeketh a7id intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

Jam. 1: 5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that 
giveth to all me7i liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it shall 
be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. 
For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the 
wind and tossed. 



396. Knowledge should he imparted, 

Pr. 27: 9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart : so doth 
the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel. 

Mat. 5: 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these 
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do, 
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom 
of heaven. [See 110.] 

397. Self-knowledge required. 

Ps. 4: 4 Stand in awe, and sin not : commune Avith your own 
heart upon your bed, and be still. 

Lam. 3: 40 Let us search and try our ways, and turn again 
to the Lord. 

1 Cor. 11: 28 Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat 
of that bread, and drink of that cup. 

2 Cor. 13: 5 Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith ; 
prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how 
that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates ? 

Gal. 6: 4 But let every man prove his own work, and then 
shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. 
[See 105, 704.] 
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KNOWLEDGE — LAYING ON OF HANDS. 398 — 400 

Future Knowledge more Perfect — Laying on of Hands — In working Miracles. 

398. Knowledge more perfect hereafter. 

Jn. 13: 7 Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou 
knowest not now ; but thou shalt know hereafter. — 16: 25 
These things have I spoken unto jou in proverbs : but the time 
Cometh when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I 
shall show you plainly of the Father. 

1 Cor. 13: 9 We know in part, and we prophesy in part. 
10 But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is 
in part shall be done away. 12 For now we see through a 
glass, darkly ; but then face to face : now I know in part ; but 
then shall I know even as also T am known. 



LAYING ON OF HANDS. 

399. Laying on of hands in communicating ordinary blessings. 

Gen. 48: 14 Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it 
upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand 
upon Manasseh's head, guiding his hands wittingly ; for Manas- 
seh w(xs the first-born. 15 And he blessed Joseph, and said, 
God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, 
the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, 1 6 The 
Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and 
let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers 
Abraham and Isaac : and let them grow into a multitude in the 
midst of the earth. 

^Mat. 19: 13 Then were there brought unto him little chil- 
dren, that he should put hu hands on them, and pray : and the 
disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said. Suffer little chil- 
dren, and forbid them not, to come unto me : for of such is the 
kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hands on them, and 
departed thence. 

Rev. 1: 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And 
he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me. Fear not ; I 
am the first and the last. 

400. Laying on of hands in working miracles. 

Mk. 6: 5 He laid his hand upon a few sick folk, and healed 
them. — 16: 18 They shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall 
recover. 

Lk. 4: 40 When the sun was setting, all they that had any 
sick with divers diseases, brought them unto him : and he laid 
his hands on every one of them, and healed them. 

Ac. 8: 17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they 
received the Holy Ghost. 18 And when Simon saw that 

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Common. 

through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was 
given, he offered them money, 19 Saying, Give me also this 
power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the 
Holy Ghost. — 28: 8 Paul entered in, and prayed, and laid his 
hands on him, and healed him. 

401. Laying on of hands in giving charges and designating to office. 

Num. 27: 22 Moses did as the Lord commanded him : and 
he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and 
before all the congregation : 23 And he laid his hands upon 
him, and gave him a charge, as the Lord commanded by the 
hand of Moses. 

Ac. 13: 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the 
Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the 
work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had 
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them 
away. 

1 Tim. 4: 14 Neglect not the gift that is in thee, which was 
given thee by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the 
presbytery. — 5: 22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither 
be partaker of other men's sins : keep thyself pure. 

2 Tim. 1: 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that 
thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on 
of my hands. 

LEWDNESS. 

402. Lewdness a common vice, 

Jer. 9: 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of 
way-faring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from 
them ! for they he all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous 
men. — 23: 10 The land is full of adulterers. 

Ezk. 22: 9 In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood : 
and in thee they eat upon the mountains : in the midst of thee 
they commit lewdness. 1 1 And one hath committed abomina- 
tion with his neighbor's wife ; and another hath lewdly defiled 
his daughter-in-law; and another in thee hath humbled his sis- 
ter, his father's daughter. 

Mat. 12: 39 He answered and said to them. An evil and 
adulterous generation. 

Jn. 8: 7 When they continued asking him, he lifted up him- 
self, and said unto them. He that is without sin among you, let 
him first cast a stone at her. 9 And they which heard 2^, being 
convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, begin- 
ning at the eldest, even unto the last. 
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Deceitful — Forbidden. 



Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are 
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness. 

1 Pet. 4: 3 The time past of our life may suffice us to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lascivious- 
ness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abomi- 
nable adolatries : 4 Wherein they think it strange that ye run 
not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of yoli, 
[Gen. 19: 5. Lev. 18: 22—25. 1 S. 2: 22. Hos. 7: 4.] 

403. Lewdness deceitful and alluring. 

Pr. 5: 3 The lips of a strange woman drop as a honey-comb, 
and her mouth is smoother than oil. — 6: 23 The commandment 
is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are 
the way of life : 24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from 
the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. 25 Lust not 
after her beauty in thy heart ; neither let her take thee with 
her eyelids. [Pr. 7: 10—18.] 

404. Lewdness forbidden. 

Ex. 20: 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. 

Mat. 5: 27 Ye have heard that it was said by them of old 
time. Thou shalt not commit adultery: 28 But I say unto 
you. That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her, 
hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 

Ac. 15: 20 We write unto them that they abstain from pol- 
lutions of idols, and/rom fornication, and/rom things strangled, 
and from blood. 

Rom. 13: 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day: not in 
rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and v/antonness, 
not in strife and envying. 

Ep. 5: 3 Fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, 
let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints ; 4 
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not 
convenient : but rather giving of thanks. 

Col. 3: 5 Mortify therefore your members which are upon 
the earth ; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil 
concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry : 6 For 
which things' sake the wrath of God cometh on the children 
of disobedience. 

1 Tim. 1: 10 For whoremongers, for them that defile them- 
selves with mankind, for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured 
persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to 
sound doctrine. 

1 Pet. 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers and 
pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 

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Punishment of. 



[Gen. 39: 7—9. Lev. 18: 20—23, and 19: 29. Pr. 31: 3. 
Hab. 2: 15, 1 Th. 4: 3—5.] 

405. Cruilt and condemnation of lewdness — cautions. 

Gen. 39: 9 How then can I do this great wickedness, and 
sin against God? 

Lev. 20: 10 The man that committeth adultery with another 
man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor's 
wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to 
death. 

Pr. 2: 18 Her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto 
the dead. 19 None that go unto her return again, neither 
take they hold of the paths of life. — 5: 3 The lips of a strange 
woman drop as a honey-comb, and her mouth is smoother than 
oil : 4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two- 
edged sword. 8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not 
nigh the door of her house : 9 Lest thou give thine honor 
unto others, and thy years unto the cruel : 10 Lest strangers 
be filled with thy wealth ; and thy labors he in the house of a 
stranger; 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh 
and thy body are consumed. 12 And say. How have I hated 
instruction, and my heart despised reproof. — 7: 22 He goeth 
after her straightway as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a 
fool to the correction of the stocks ; 23 Till a dart strike 
through his liver ; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth 
not that it is for his life. 24 Hearken unto me now therefore, 
O ye children, and attend to the. words of my mouth. 25 
Let not thy heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her 
paths. 26 For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many 
strong meii have been slain by her. 27 Her house is the way 
to hell, going down to the chambers of death. 

Ec. 7: 26 I find more bitter than death the woman whose 
heart is snares and nets, and her hands as bands : whoso pleas- 
eth God shall escape from her; but the sinner shall be taken 
by her. 

Jer. 23: 14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an 
horrible thing : they commit adultery, and walk in lies : they 
strengthen also the hands of evil-doers, that none doth return 
from his wickedness : they are all of them unto me as Sodom, 
and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord of hosts concerning the prophets ; Behold, I 
will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the 
water of gall. 

Mai. 3: 5 I will come near to you to judgment : and I will 
be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adul- 
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Condemned and punished 



terers, and against false swearers, and against those that oppress 
the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and 
that turn aside .the stranger from his right, and fear not me, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep com- 
pany, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner : with such an one no not to eat. — 6: 9 Know ye not 
that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? 
Be not deceived ; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adul- 
terers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 
10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor 
extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. — 10: 8 
Neither let us commit fornication, as some of them committed, 
and fell in one day three and twenty thousand. 

[See Numbers 25: 1 — 9.] 

Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are 
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, 
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, di^unkenness, revel- 
lings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have 
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inherit- 
ance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man 
deceive you with vain words : for because of these things com- 
eth the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 

Heb. 13: 4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed unde- 
dled : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 

Jude 7 As Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them 
in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going 
after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the 
vengeance of eternal fire. 

Rev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, 
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idola- 
ters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burn- 
etii with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. — 
22: 15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, 
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and mak- 
eth a lie. 

[Pr. 6: 26—34, and 9: 16—18, and 29: 3. Ec. 7: 25, 26. 
Jer. 5: 7—9. Hos. 4: 11. Rom. 1: 27.] 

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406 LIBERALITY. 



Enjoined. 



LIBERALITY 

406. Liberality enjoined. 

Ec. 11: 1 Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt 
find it after many days. 2 Give a portion to seven, and also 
to eight ; for thou knowest not what evil shall be upon the 
earth. 

Mat. 10: 8 Freely ye have received, freely give. 

Lk. 3: 1 1 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath 
two coats, let him impart to him that hath none : and he that 
hath meat, let him do likewise. — 12: 33 Sell that ye have, 
and give alms : provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a 
treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief ap- 
proacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your trea- 
sure is, there will your teart be also. — 16: 9 I say unto you, 
Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness, 
that when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habi- 
tations. 1 1 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the un- 
righteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true 
riches'^ 13 Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 14 And the 
Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and 
they derided him. 

Ac. 20: 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labor- 
ing ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. 

2 Cor. 8: 7 As ye abound in every thing^ in faith, and utter- 
ance, and knowledge, and in all diligence, and in your love to 
us, see that ye abound in this grace also. 

Gal. 6: 9 Let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due 
season we shall reap if we faint not. 10 As we have therefore 
opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them 
who are of the household of faith. 

1 Tim. 6: 17 Charge them that are rich in this world, that 
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in 
the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; 18 
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to 
distribute, willing to communicate ; 19 Laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal life. 

Heb. 13: 16 To do good, and to communicate, forget not: 
for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 

rSee 412, 526.1 
280 



LIBERALITY. 407, 408 



Exemplified — Rewards of. 



407. Liberality exemplified. 

Ac. 10: 4 He said unto him, [Cornelius] Thy prayers and 
thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. 
[See 355, 414, 661.] 

408. Rewards of liberality^ and evils of covetousness. 

2 Ch. 31: 10 Azariah the chief priest of the house of Zadok 
answered him, and said, Since the people began to bring the 
offerings into the house of the Lord, we have had enough to 
eat, and have left plenty: for the Lord hath blessed his peo- 
ple; and that which is left is this great store. 

Ps. 37: 3 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou 
dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. 25 I have 
been young, and now am old ; yet I have not seen the righ- 
teous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 He is ever 
merciful, and lendeth; and his seed is blessed. — 112:5 A good 
man sheweth favor, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with 
discretion. 6 Surely he shall not be moved for ever : the righ- 
teous shall be in everlasting remembrance. 

Pr. 3: 9 Honor the Lord with thy substance, and with the 
first-fruits of all thine increase : 1 So shall thy barns be 
filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new 
wine. — 11: 24 There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth ; 
and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeih 
to poverty. 25 The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he 
that watereth shall be watered also himself. 26 He that with- 
holdeth corn, the people shall cunse him : but blessing shall he 
upon the head of him that selleth it. — 13: 7 There is that 
maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing : there is that maketh 
himself poor, yet hath great riches. 

Is. 32: 8 The liberal deviseth liberal things ; and by liberal 
things shall he stand. 

Mai. 3: 9 Ye are cursed with a curse : for ye have robbed 
me, even this whole nation. 10 Bring ye all the tithes into 
the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and 
prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not 
open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, 
that there shall not he room enough to receive it, 1 1 And I will 
rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy 
the fruits of your ground; neither shall your vine cast her 
fruit before the time in the field, saith the Lord of hosts. 1 2 
And all nations shall call you blessed. 

Lk. 6: 38 Give, and it shall be given unto you ; good meas- 
ure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, 

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409 — 412 LOYE TO GOD — LOVE TO MAN. 

Our primary duty — why enjoined — Love to man an essential duty. 

shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure 
that ye mete withal, it shall be measured to you again. 

Ac. 20: 35 I have shewed you all things, how that so labor- 
ing ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words 
of the Lord Jesus, how he said. It is more blessed to give than 
to receive. 

2 Cor. 9: 6 This / say^ He which soweth sparingly, shall 
reap also sparingly ; and he which soweth bountifully, shall 
reap also bountifully. 7 Every man according as he pur- 
poseth in his heart, so let Mm give ; not grudgingly, or of ne- 
cessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. 8 And God is able 
to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always having 
all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 

[See 415, 527, 630, 674.] 



LOVE TO GOD. 

409. Love to God our primary duty. 

Mat. 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all 
thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 

[See 288.] 

410. Why should we love God? 

Ps. 99: 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy 
hill; for the Lord our God is holy. — 107: 8 Oh that men 
would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful 
works to the children of men! 145: 3 Great is the Lord, 
and greatly to be praised ; and his greatness is unsearchable. 
148: 13 Let them praise the name of the Lord: for his name 
alone is excellent ; his glory is above the earth and heaven. 

411. Spurious love to God. 

Ps. 106: 12 They sang his praise. 13 They soon forgat his 
works. 

Ezk. 33: 31 With their mouth they shew much love, hiU 
their heart goeth after their covetousness. 

[See 191, 194, 609, 623, 689, 702.] 

LOYE TO MAN. 

41 2. Love to man an essential duty. 

Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another : 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 9 For this, 
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LOVE DISINTERESTED. 413 

Required as indispensable. 

Thou slialt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill. Thou 
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt 
not covet ; and if there he any other commandment, it is briefly 
comprehended in this saying, namely. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor : 
therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. 

1 Cor. 13: 13 Now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; 
but the greatest of these is charity. — 16: 14 Let all your 
things be done with charity. 

Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only 
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve 
one another. 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
long-suflTering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, tem- 
perance. 

Col. 3: 14 Above all these things put on charity, which is 
the bond of perfectness. 

1 Th. 3: 12 The Lord make you to increase and abound in 
love one toward another, and toward all merij even as we do 
toward you. 

1 Pet. 4: 8 Above all things have fervent charity among 
yourselves : for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. 

[See 406, 629, 685, 715.] 



LOVE DISINTEKESTED. 

413. Disinterested love required as indispensable. 

Mat. 5: 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said. Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : 44 But I say unto 
you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use 
you, and persecute you ; 45 That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise 
on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and 
on the unjust. — 6: 33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and 
his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 
— 7: 12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should do 
to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the 
prophets. — 22: 39 The second is like unto it, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbor as thyself. 

Lk. 6: 35 Love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, 
hoping for nothing again. 

Rom. 8: 9 Ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be 
that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now, if any man have 
not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his. — 15: 1 We then 

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414 LOVE DISINTERESTED. 

Exemplified. 

that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and 
not to please ourselves. 2 Let every one of us please his 
neighbor for Ms good to edification. 3 For even Christ pleased 
not himself; but, as it is written. The reproaches of them that 
reproached thee fell on me. 

1 Cor. 10: 24 Let no man seek his own, but every man 
another's wealth, 33 Even as I please all men in all things, 
not seeking mine own profit, but the prqft of many, that they 
may be saved. — 13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; 
charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
up, 5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, 
is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil ; 6 Rejoiceth not in 
iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth ; 7 Beareth all things, be- 
lieveth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things. 

2 Cor. 5: 15 He died for all, that they which live should 
not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died 
for them, and rose again. 

Gal. 5: 14 All the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 

Ph. 2: 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. 4 Look not every man on his own things, but 
every man also on the things of others. 

Jam. 2: 8 If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scrip- 
ture, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself, ye do well : 9 
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are con- 
vinced of the law as transgressors. 

1 Jn. 3: 16 Hereby perceive we the love of God^ because he 
laid down his life for us : and we ought to lay down our lives 
for the brethren. 

[See 111, 137-8, 283, 299, 356, 674, 689.] 

414. Examples of disinterested love. 

Ex. 32: 31 Moses returned unto the Lord, and said. Oh, 
this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods 
of gold. 32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin : and if 
not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast 
written. 33 And the Lord said unto Moses, Whosoever hath 
sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. 

1 S. 24: 16 Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 17 And he 
said to David, Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast 
rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. 18 
And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well 
with me ; forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into 
thine hand, thou killedst me not. 
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LOVE DISINTERESTED. 414 

Exemplified. 

Job 1:9 Then Satan answered the Lord and said, Doth 
Job fear God for nought? 21 The Lord gave, and the Lord 
hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. — 13: 15 
Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him : but I will main- 
tain mine own ways before him. — 29: 12 I delivered the poor 
that cried, and the fatherless, and hiyn that had none to help 
him. 13 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came 
upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. 

Dan. 3: 16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, answered 
and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to 
answer thee in this matter. 17 If it be so^ our God whom we 
serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and 
he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 18 But if not, 
be it known unto thee, O king, that Ave will not serve thy 
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. — 
6: 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he 
went into his house ; and his windov/s being open in his 
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three 
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as 
he did aforetime. 

Lk. 10: 33 A certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came 
where he was : and when he saw him, he had compassion on 
him^ 34 And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring 
in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him 
to an inn, and took care of him. 

Ac. 2: 44 All that believed were together, and had all things 
common ; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and part- 
ed them to all men, as every man had need. — 4: 32 The mul- 
titude of them that believed were of one heart, and of one 
soul : neither said any of them that aught of the things which 
he possessed was his own ; but they had all things common. 
34 Neither was there any among them that lacked : for as 
many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and 
brought the prices of the things that were sold, 35 And laid 
them down at the apostles' feet : and distribution was made unto 
every man according as he had need. 

Rom. 9: 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience 
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have 
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I 
could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my 
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 

2 Cor. 8: 9 Ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, 
that ye through his poverty might be rich. — 12: 14 Behold, 

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415, 416 LOVE DISINTERESTED LYING. 

Reward of Love — Lying prevalent. 

the third time I am ready to come to you ; and I will not be 
burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, but you. 

Heb. 11: 24 By faith Moses, when he was come to years, 
refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; 25 Choos- 
ing rather to suffer afiliction with the people of God, than to 
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; 26 Esteeming the 
reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. 

[See 56, 299, 356, 407, 674.] 

415. Disinterested lovp. reiuarded. 

Mk. 10: 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have 
left all, and have follewed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and 
said, Yerily, I say unto you, There is no man that hath left 
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he 
shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and 
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, 
with persecutions ; and in the world to come, eternal life. 

[See 408, 527, 630.] 

LYING. 

416. Lying a prevalent sin. 

Is. 59: 3 Your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers 
with iniquity ; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath 
muttered perverseness. 4 None calleth for justice, nor any 
pleadeth for truth : they trust in vanity, and speak lies ; they 
conceive mischie . and bring forth iniquity. 13 In transgress- 
ing and lying against the Lord, and departing away from our 
God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering 
from the heart words of falsehood. 14 And judgment is 
turned away backward, and justice standeth afar off: for truth 
is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 

Jer. 9: 2 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of 
way-faring men ; that I might leave my people, and go from 
them ! for they he all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous 
men. 3 And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies : 
but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth ; for they 
proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 
4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in 
any brother : for every brother will utterly supplant, and every 
neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive 
every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth : they 
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves 
to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of de- 
286 



LYING. 417, 418 

Forbidden — Displeasing to God. 

ceit ; through deceit thej refuse to know me, saith the Lord. 
8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh deceit : 
one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in 
heart he layeth his wait. 

Hos. 4: 1 Hear the word of the Lord, je children of Israel: 
for the Lord hath a controversj with the inhabitants of the 
land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of 
God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and 
stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood 
toucheth blood. 

Mic. 6: 12 The rich men thereof are full of violence, and the 
inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is de- 
ceitful in their mouth. 

Jn. 8: 44 Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of 
your father ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, 
and abode not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him. 
When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a 
liar, and the father of it. [See 702.] 

417. Ly Ing forh iddeii . 

Ex. 20: 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy 
neighbor. 

Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name 
falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am 
the Lord. 

Ps. 34: 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. 

Pr. 4: 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse 
lips put far from thee. 

Ep. 4: 25 Putting away lying, speak every man truth with 
his neiofhbor : for we are members one of another. 

Col. o: 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off 
the old man with his deeds. 

1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love Hfe, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile. [See 729, 730.] 

418. L)jlng displeasing to God. 

Ps. 5: 6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the 
Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man — 59: 12 For 
the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips let them 
even be taken in their pride : and for cursing and lying which 
they speak. 13 Consume them in wrath, consume them^ that 
they may not he : and let them know that God ruleth in Jacob 

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419 MAN. 



His Origin, Powers, and Dignity. 



unto the ends of the earth. — 63: 11 The king shall rejoice in 
God ; every one that sweareth by him shall glory : but the 
mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped. 

Pr. 6: 16 These six things doth the Lord hate; yea, seven 
are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying 
tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that 
deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to 
mischief, 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that 
soweth discord among brethren. — 10: 18 He that hideth hatred 
with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool. — 
12: 19 The hp of truth shall be established for ever: but a 
lying tongue is but for a moment. 22 Lying lips are abomi- 
nation to the LoKD : but they that deal truly are his delight. — 
19: 9 A false y\^itness shall not be unpunished, and he that 
speaketh lies shall perish. 

Is. 28: 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and right- 
eousness to the plummet : and the hail shall sweep away 
the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding- 
place. 

Ac. 5: 3 Peter said, Ananias, why hath Satan filled thine 
heart to lie to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back part of the 
price of the land ? 4 While it remained, was it not thine own ? 
and after it was sold, was it not in thine own power ? why hast 
thou conceived this thing in thine heart ? thou hast not lied 
unto men, but unto God. 5 And Ananias hearing these words, 
fell down, and gave up the ghost. And great fear came on all 
them that heard these things. 

Rev. 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abomina- 
ble, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which 
bumeth with fire and brimstone : which is the second death. — 
22: 15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, 
and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and 
maketh a He. [Ps. 62: 3, 4. Pr. 21: 6. Zee. 8: 16, 17.] 

[See 230.] 



MAN. 
419. Man's common orirjin and dignitij. 

Gen. 1: 27 God created man in his own image, in the 
image of God created he him ; male and female created he 
them. 28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them. 
Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue 
it : and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the 
288 



MAN. 420 — 422 

His Powers, and Immortality. 



fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon 
the earth. 

Ps. 8: 3 When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy 
fingers ; the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 4 
What is man, that thou art mifidful of him ? and the son of 
man, that thou visitest him ? 5 For thou hast made him a 
little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory 
and honor. 6 Thou madest him to have dominion over the 
w^orks of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet. 

Mai. 2: 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God 
created us ? why do we deal treacherously every man agamst 
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers ? 

Ac. 17: 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men 
for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined 
the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. 
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being ; as cer- 
tain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his 
offspring. 

420. MarCs power of intuition^ or perception of self evident truths. 

Job 32: 8 There is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the 
Almighty giveth them understanding. 

Lk. 12: 57 Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is 
right .^ [See 206.] 

421. MarCs power of reason^ and capacity for knoioledge^ holiness, and 
progress. 

Pr. 18: 1 Through desire, a man, having separated himself, 
seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

Ezk. 12: 2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a 
rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not ; they have 
ears to hear, and hear not : for they are a rebellious house. 
[Jer. 5: 21.] 

2 Cor. 8: 12 For if there be first a willing mind, it is ac- 
cepted according to that a man hath and not according to that 
he hath not. 

Heb. 5: 14 Strong meat belongeth to them that are of full 
age, €i'e7i those who by reason of use have their senses exer- 
cised to discern both good and evil. — 6: 1 Leaving the prin- 
ciples of the doctrine of Christ, let us go on unto perfection. 

[See 667.] 

422. Man^s immortality. 

Jn. 10: 27 My sheep hear my voice, and I Icnow them, and 
they follow me : 28 And I give unto them eternal life ; and 
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423, 424 aiARRIAGE. 



Instituted and recommended — Matrimonial instructions. 

thej shall never perish, neither shall any pluck them o t of 
my hand. 

Rom. 2: 6 Who will render to every man according to his 
deeds : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, 
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality ; eternal life. 

2 Tim. 1: 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing 
of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and 
hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. 

[See 152, 617.] 



MARRIAGE. 

423. Marriage instituted and recommended. 

Gen. 2: 18 The Lord God said. It is not good that the 
man should be alone : I will make him an help meet for him. 
21 And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, 
and he slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the 
flesh instead thereof : 22 And the rib, which the Lord God 
had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto 
the man. 

Pr. 18: 22 Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thin^, and 
obtaineth favor of the Lord. 

Ep. 5: 31 For this cause shall a man leave his father and 
mother, and shall be joined unto his wife, and they two shall 
be one flesh. 

1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospi- 
tality, apt to teach. — 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that 
in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed 
to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking Ues 
in hypocrisy, having their conscience seared with a hot 
iron ; 3 Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain 
from meats, which God hath created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. — 
5: 14 I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear 
children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary 
to speak reproachfully. 15 For some are already turned aside 
after Satan. 

Heb. 13: 4 Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed unde- 
filed : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. [Ps. 
68: 6 : and 107: 41, 42. 1 Cor. 7: 2.] 

424. Matrimonial instructions and warnings. 

Gen. 6: 2 The sons of Gad saw the daughters of men that 
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Duties of husbands and wives — Polygamy. 



they were fair ; and they took them wives of all which they 
chose. 

Dt. 7: 3 Neither shalt thou make marriages with them : thy 
daughter thou shalt not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. 4 For they will turn away thy 
son from following me, that they may serve other gods : so will 
the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy 
thee suddenly. 

Am. 3: 3 Can two walk together, except they be agreed ? 

1 Cor. 7; 39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her 
husband liveth ; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty 
to be married to whom she will ; only in the Lord. 

2 Cor. 6: 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with 
unbelievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with un- 
righteousness ? and what communion hath light with dark- 
ness? 

425. Mutual duties of husbands and wives. 

Ep. 5: 21 Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear 
of God. 22 Wives, submit yourselves unto your own hus- 
bands, as unto the Lord. 23 For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head of the church : and he is 
the Saviour of the body. 24 Therefore as the church is 
subject unto Christ, so let the wives he to their own husbands 
in every thing. 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ 
also loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 28 So ought 
men to love their wives, as their own bodies. He that loveth 
his wife loveth himself. 33 JSTeverthelesss, let every one of 
you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the 
wife see that she reverence her husband. 

Tit. 2: 4 That they may teach the young women to be 
sober, to love their husbands, to love their children, 5 To he 
discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own 
husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. 

[See 197.] 

426. Polygamy forbidden — its tendency. 

Dt. 17: 15 Thou shalt in any wise set him king over thee 
whom the Lord thy God shall choose: 17 Neither shall he 
multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away : neither 
shall he greatly multiply to himself silver and gold. 

1 K. 11: 1 King Solomon loved many strange women. 3 
And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hun- 
dred concubines : and his wives turned away his heart. 

Mai. 2: 15 Did not he make one? Yet had he the residue 

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Divorce. 



of the Spirit. And wherefore one ? That he might seek a 
godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none 
deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 

Mat. 19: 9 I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his 
wife, except it he for fornication, and shall marry another, com- 
mitteth adultery : and whoso raarrieth her which is put away, 
doth commit adultery. 

Mk. 10: 11 He saith unto them. Whosoever shall put away 
his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her. 
12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be mar- 
ried to another, she committeth adultery. 

1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one 
wife, ruling their children and their own houses weU. 

427. Divorce discountenanced. 

Gen. 2: 23 Adam said. This is now bone of my bones, and 
flesh of my flesh : she shall be called Woman, because she was 
taken out of man. 24 Therefore shall a man leave his father 
and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife : and they shall 
be one flesh. 

Mai. 2: 15 Did not he make one ? Yet had he the residue 
of the Spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a 
godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none 
deal treacherously against the wife of his youth. 16 For the 
Lord, the God of Israel, saith, that he hateth putting away : 
for one covereth violence with his garment, saith the Lord of 
hosts : therefore take heed to your spirit, that ye deal not 
treacherously. 

Mat. 19: 4 He answered and said unto them. Have ye not 
read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them 
male and female, 5 And said. For this cause shall a man leave 
father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain 
shall be one flesh ? 6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but 
one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not 
man put asunder. 8 He saith unto them, Moses, because of 
the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your 
wives : but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say 
unto, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it he for for- 
nication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery : and 
whoso marrieth her which is put away, doth commit adultery. 
[Mk. 10: 2—12.] 

Lk. 16: 18 Whosoever putteth away his wife, and marrieth 
another, committeth adultery ; and whosoever marrieth her 
that is put away from her husband, committeth adultery. 
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Appointed — Use of required. 



Rom. 7: 2 The woman which hath an husband, is bound by 
the law to her husband so long as he Kveth ; but if the hus- 
band be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. 3 
So then, if while her husband liveth, she be married to another 
man, she shall be called an adulteress : but if her husband be 
dead, she is free from that law ; so that she is no adulteress, 
though she be married to another man. 

1 Cor. 7: 10 Unto the married I command, yet not I, 
but the Lord, Let not the wife depart from her husband: 
11 But and if she depart, let her remain unmarried, or be rec- 
onciled to her husband : and let not the husband put away his 
wife. 



MEANS OF GRACE. 

428. Means and instruments of grace appointed. 

Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light ; 
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. 

Ec. 11: 6 In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening 
withhold not thine hand : for thou knowest not whether shall 
prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall he alike 
good. 

Mat. 20: 1 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is 
an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire 
laborers into his vineyard. 

Mk. 4: 14 The sower soweth the word. 

Lk. 10: 2 Therefore said he unto them. The -harvest truly is 
great, but the laborers are few ; pray ye therefore the Lord 
of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his 
harvest. 

Jn. 4: 35 Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then 
Cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, 
and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. 
36 And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit 
unto life eternal : that both he that soweth, and he that reapeth, 
may rejoice together. 

1 Cor. 3: 8 He that planteth and he that watereth are one : 
and every man shall receive his own reward, according to his 
own labor. 9 For we are laborers together with God. 

[See 47.] 

429. Use of means required as indispensable. 

Ezk. 33: 8 When I say unto the wicked, O wicked marij 
thou shalt surely die ; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked 
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Preaching the principal — Use of encouraged. 



from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but 
his blood will I require at thy hand. — 36: 37 Thus saith the 
Lord God ; I will jet for this be inquired of by the house of 
Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men hke a 
flock. 

Ac. 27: 31 Paul said to the centurion, and to the soldiers, 
Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 

Rom. 10: 14 How then shall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed ? and how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be 
sent ? 17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the 
word of God. [See 257.] 

430. Preaching^ the principal means of grace. 

1 Cor. 1:17 Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the 
gospel: not with wisdom of words, lest the cross of Christ 
should be made of none effect. 18 The preaching of the cross 
is to them that perish, foolishness ; but unto us which are 
saved, it is the power of God. 21 After that in the wisdom 
of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by 
the foolishness of preaching to save them that beheve. 

Ep. 4: 11 He gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets; and 
some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers: 12 For 
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for 
the edifying of the body of Christ : 13 Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God 
unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the ful- 
ness of Christ. 

2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the 
Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom ; 2 Preach the word ; be in- 
stant in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all 
long-suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come, when 
they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts 
shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 
And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be 
turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all things, endure 
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy 
ministry. [See 458.] 

431. Use of means encouraged by promises and predictions. 

Ps. 126: 5 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. 6 He 
that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall 
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Successfully used — Superiority of the true. 



doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves 
with him, 

Pr. 11: 18 The Avicked worketha deceitful work: but to him 
that soweth righteousness shall he a sure reward. 80 The 
fruit of the righteous is a tree of life ; and he that winneth 
souls is wise. 

Is. 6G: 8 Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such 
things ? shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day 't on 
shall a nation be born at once ? for as soon as Zion travailed, 
she brought forth her children. 

Dan. 12: 3 They that be wise, shall shine as the bnghtness 
of the firmament ; and they that turn many to righteousness, 
as the stars for ever and ever. 

Mk. 1: 17 Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and 1 
will make you to become fishers of men. 

Lk. 1: 16 Many of the children of Israel shall he [John] 
turn to the Lord their God. 

Jn. 17: 20 Neither pray I for these alone ; but for them also 
which shall believe on me through their word. 

Jam. 5: 20 Let him know, that he which converteth the sin- 
ner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and 
shall hide a multitude of sins. [See 1, 258, 545.] 

432. Means, successfully used. 

Ac. 14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that they [Paul and 
Barnabas] went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, 
and so spake that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also 
of the Greeks believed. 

Gal. 4: 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth 
again, until Christ be formed in you. 

1 Cor. 4: 15 Though ye have ten thousand instructors in 
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I have 
begotten you through the gospel. 

Philemon 10 I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I 
have begotten in my bonds. [See 468, 545.] 

433. Superiority of the true means of grace. 

Jer. 23 28 The prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a 
dream ; and he that hath my word, let him speak my word 
faithfully. What is the chaff* to the wheat ? saith the Lord. 
29 Is not my word like as a fire ? saith the Lord ; and like a 
hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 

Lk. 16: 31 He said unto him. If they hear not Moses and 
the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose 
from the dead. 

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Depfind upon divine power — Different effects. 



2 Cor. 10: 4 (The weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but 
mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds.) 5 
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth 
itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity 
every thought to the obedience of Christ. 

Heb. 4: 12 The word of God is quick, and powerful, and 
sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the 
'dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and 
marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the 
heart. [See-47.] 

434. Use- of means made effectual by divine power. 

Ps. 51: 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and 
uphold me with thy free Spirit. 13 I'hen will I teach trans- 
gressors thy ways ; and sinners shall be converted unto thee. 

Zee. 4: 6 He answered and spake unto me, saying, This is 
the word of the Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying. Not by might, 
nor by power, but by my Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 

2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. [See 594 — 6.] 

435. The means of grace have different and sometimes destructive effects. 

Is. 6: 9 He said, Go, and tell this people. Hear ye indeed, 
but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10 
Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, 
and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear 
with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, 
and be healed. 1 1 Then said I, Lord, how long ? And he 
answered. Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and 
the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate ; 1 2 
And the Lord have removed men far away, and there be a 
great forsaking in the midst of the land. — 28: 13 The word 
of the Lord was unto them, precept upon precept, precept 
upon precept : line upon line, line upon line ; here a little, and 
there a little ; that they might go, and fall backward, and be 
broken, and snared, and taken. 

Jer. 5: 14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord God of hosts. 
Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in 
thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. 

Mk. 4: 3 Hearken ; Behold, there went out a sower to sow. 
4 And it came to pass as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, 
and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And 
some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth ; and 
immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth : 
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Discouraging cases — Meekness required. 

6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched ; and because it 
had no root, it withered away. 7 And some fell among thorns, 
and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 
8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang 
up, and increased, and brought forth, some thirty, and some 
sixty, and some an hundred. 

2 Cor. 2: 15 We are unto God a sweet savor of Christ, in 
them that are saved, and in them that perish : 1 6 To the one 
we are the savor of death unto death ; and to the other the savor 
of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things ? . 

Heb. 4: 2 Unto us was the gospel preached, as well as unto 
them : but the word preached did not profit them, not being 
mixed with faith in them that heard it, [Mic. 2: 7.] 

[See 242.] 

436. Cases of discouragement in using means. 

Pr. 9: 7 He that reproveth a s corner getteth to himself 
shame : and he that rebuketh a wicked man^ getteth himself a 
blot. 8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee : rebuke a 
wise man, and he will love thee — 13: 1 A wise son heareth his 
father's instruction : but a scorner heareth not rebuke. — 14: 7 
Go from the presence of a foolish man, w^hen thou perceivest 
not in Mm the lips of knowledge. — 23: 9 Speak not in the ears 
of a fool : for he will despise the wisdom of thy words. 

Mat. 7: 6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither 
cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under 
their feet, and turn again and rend you. 

1 Jn. 5: 16 K any man see his brother sin a sin which is not 
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not 
say that he shall pray for it. [See 256, 562.] 



IVIEEKNESS. 

437. Meekness required, 

Zep. 2: 3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, 
which have wrought his judgment ; seek righteousness, seek 
meekness : it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's 
anger. 

Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 

Gal. 6: 1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which 

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Encouraged and exemplified. 



are spiritual, restore such a one in the spirit of meekness ; 
considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 

Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

Col. 3: 12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and 
beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, 
meekness, long-suffering; 13 Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : 
even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

1 Tim. 6: 11 Thou, O man of God, flee these things ; and 
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, 
meekness. 

2. Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves. 

1 Pet. 3: 3 Whose adorning let it not be that outward 
adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of 
putting on of apparel ; 4 But let it he the hidden man of the 
heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a 
meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price. 

[See 201, 482, 498-9, 737.] 

438. Meekness encouraged. 

Ps. 25: 9 The meek will he guide in judgment : and the 
meek will he teach his way. — 37: 11 The meek shall inherit 
the earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of 
peace. — 76: 8 Thou didst cause judgment to be heard from 
heaven ; the earth feared, and was still, 9 When God arose to 
judgment, to save all the meek of the earth. — 147: 6 The 
Lord lifted up the meek : he casteth the wicked down to the 
ground. — 149: 4 The Lord taketh pleasure in his people : he 
will beautify the meek with salvation. 

Ec. 7: 8 Better is the end of a thing than the beginning 
thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in 
spirit. 

Mat. 5: 5 Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the 
earth. 

439. Meekness exemplified. 

Ac. 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God^ and 
saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. |"See 62, 660.] 
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Predicted. 



MILLENNIUM. 
440. A millennium of holiness and happiness upon this earth predicted. 

Ps. 22: 27 All the ends of the world shall remember and 
turn unto the Lord : and all the kindreds of the nations shall 
worship before thee. — 37: 11 The meek shall inherit the 
earth, and shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace. — 
72: 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass : 
as showers that water the earth. 7 In his days shall the 
righteous flourish : 1 1 Yea, all kings shall fall down before 
him : all nations shall serve him. — 86: 9 All nations whom thou 
hast made shall come and worship before thee, Lord ; and 
shall glorify thy name. 

Is. 2: 2 It shall come to pass in the last days, that the 
mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top 
of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills ; and 
all nations shall flow unto it. 4 And he shall judge among 
the nations, and shall rebuke many people : and they shall beat 
their swords into plough-shares, and their spears into pruning- 
hooks : nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 17 And the loftiness of man 
shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be 
made low : and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. 
20 In that day a man shall cast his idols of silver, and lus 
idols of gold, which they made each one for himself to worship, 
to the moles and to the bats. — 25: 6 In this mountain shall 
the Lord of hosts make unto aU people a feast of fat things, 
a feast of wines on the lees ; of fat things full of marrow, of 
wines on the lees well refined. 7 And he will destroy in this 
mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the 
vail that is spread over all nations. 8 He will swallow up 
death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears 
from off all faces ; and the rebuke of his people shall he take 
away from off all the earth : for the Lord hath spoken it, — 
32: 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and 
the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 
counted for a forest. 16 Then judgment shall dwell in the 
wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field. — 
45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the 
earth : for I am God, and there is none else. 23 I have sworn 
by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, 
and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every 
tongue shall swear. — 49: 6 I will also give thee for a light to 
the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end 

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Predicted, 



of the earth.' — 60: 18 Violence shall no more be heard in thy 
land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders ; but thou 
shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. [See the 
whole chapter.] — 65: 17 Behold, I create new heavens and a 
new earth : and the former shall not be remembered, nor come 
into mind. 18 But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that 
which I create : for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and 
her people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy 
in my people : and the voice of weeping shall be no more 
heard in her, nor the voice of crying. 20 There shall be no 
more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not 
filled his days : for the child shall die an hundred years old : 
but the sinner bei7ig an hundred years old shall be accursed. 
21 And they shall build houses and inhabit them; and they 
shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 22 They 
shall not build, and another inhabit ; they shall not plant, an J 
another eat : for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, 
and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.- — Q6: 23 
It shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and 
from one Sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship 
before me, saith the Lord. 

Dan. 7: 27 The kingdom and dominion, and the greatness 
of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to 
the people of the saints of the Most High, whose kingdom is 
an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and 
obey him. 

Mic. 4: 1 In the last days it shall come to pass, that the 
mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established in the 
top of the mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills ; 
and people shall flow unto it. 2 And many nations shall come, 
and say. Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, 
and to the house of the God of Jacob ; and he will teach us of 
his ways, and we will walk in his paths : for the law shall go 
forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

Hab. 2: 14 The earth shall be filled with the knowledge of 
the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

Mai. 1: 11 From the rising of the sun even unto the going 
down of the same, my name shall be great among the Gentiles ; 
and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and 
a pure offering : for my name shall be great among the heathen, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

Rom. 1 1 : 25 I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant 

of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own conceits) 

that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of 

the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel shall be saved: 

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A Time of Holiness. 

as it is written, There shall come out of Zion the Deliverer, 
and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob : 27 For this is 
my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins. 

2 Pet. 3; 13 We, according to his promise, look for new 
heavens and a new earth, wherein dwelleth righteousness. 

Rev. 20: 1 I saw an angel come down from heaven, hav- 
ing the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his haad. 
2 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is 
the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, o 
And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and 
set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no 
more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled; and after that 
he must be loosed a little season. [Num. 14: 21. Ps. 67: 4 — 7, 
and 82: 8. Is. 49: 8, 9, and 6o: 17—23. Ac. 3: 20—25. 
Rev. 15: 4.] [See 90.] 

441 Millennium a time of general holiness. 

Is. 60: 21 Thy people also shall he all righteous : they shall 
inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work 
of my hands, that I may be glorified. — ^b: 25 They shall 
not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord. 

Jer. 31: 33 This shall he the covenant that I will make with 
the house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; 
and will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And 
they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every 
man his brother, saying. Know the Lord : for they shall all 
know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, 
saith the Lord : for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will 
remember their sin no more. 

Ezk. 36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and 
ye shall be clean : from all your filthiness, and from all your 
idols, will I cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, 
and a new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart 
of flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause 
you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, 
and do them, 28 And ye shall dwell in the land that I gave 
to your fathers ; and ye shall be my people, and I will be your 
God. 29 I will also save you from all your uncleannesses : 
and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no 
famine upon you. — 37: 23 Neither shall they defile them- 
selves any more with their idols, nor with their detestable 
things, nor with any of their transgressions : but I will save 
them out of all their dwelling-places, wherein they have sin- 

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A Time of Peace and Unity. 



ned, and will cleanse them : so shall they be my people, and I 
will be their God. 24 And David my servant shall he king 
over them ; and they all shall have one shepherd : they shall 
also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes. 

Zep. 3: 13 The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor 
speak lies, neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their 
mouth : for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make 
them afraid. 

Zee. 14: 20 In that day shall there be upon the bells of the 
horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD ; and the pots in 
the Lord's house shall be like the bowls before the altar. 

Rom. 11: 25 I would not, brethren, that ye should be igno- 
rant of this mystery, (lest ye should be wise in your own con- 
ceits) that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the 
fulness of the Gentiles be come in. 26 And so all Israel 
shall be saved: as it is written, [Dt. 18: 15,] There shall come 
out of Zion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodhness from 
Jacob : 27 For this is my covenant unto them, when I shall 
take away their sins. [See 506.] 

442. Millennium a time of peace and unity. 

Ps. 37: 11 The meek shall inherit the earth, and shall 
delight themselves in the abundance of peace. — 72: 3 The 
mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills, 
by righteousness. 7 In his days shall the righteous flourish : 
and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth. 

Is. 52: 8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice : with the 
voice together shall they sing : for they shall see eye to eye, 
when the Lord shall bring again Zion. — 60: 17 I will also 
make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness. 18 
Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor 
destruction within thy borders ; but thou shalt call thy walls 
Salvation, and thy gates Praise. — ^^: 12 Thus saith tne 
Lord, Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river, and 
the glory of the Gentiles like a flowing stream : then shall ye 
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, and be dandled upon 
her knees. 

Mic. 4: 3 He shall judge among many people, and rebuke 
strong nations afar oflf; and they shall beat their swords into 
plough-shares, and their spears into pruning-hooks : nation shall 
not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war 
any more. 4 But they shall sit every man under his vine and 
under his fig-tree ; and none shall make them afraid : for the 
mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it, 

[Is. 2: 4. Ps. 72: 4—6. Is. 2: 4, and 11: 6—9.] 
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A Time of True Knowledge and Prosperity. 



443. Miliennium a time of true knowledge. 

Is. 11: 9 They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy 
mountain : for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. [Hab. 2: 14.] — 29: 18 
In that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and 
the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of 
darkness. 24 They also that erred in spirit shall come to 
understanding, and they that murmured shall learn doctrine. — 
33: 6 Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy 
times, arid strength of salvation : the fear of the Lord is his 
treasure. 

Jer. 3: 15 I will give you pastors according to mine heart, 
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. 

Heb. 8: 11 They shall not teach every man his neighbor, and 
every man his brother, saying. Know the Lord : for all shall 
know me, from the least to the greatest. 

444. Millennium a time of prosperitij . 

Ps. 72: 16 There shall be an handful of corn in the earth 
upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake 
like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of 
the earth. 

Is. 60: 5 Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine 
heart shall fear. and be enlarged ; because the abundance of 
the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles 
shall come unto thee. 6 The multitude of camels shall cover 
thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from 
Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense ; and they 
shall shew forth the praises of the Lord. 7 All the flocks of 
Kedar shall be gathered together unto thee, the rams of Ne- 
baioth shall minister unto thee : they shall come up with accep- 
tance on mine altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory. 
13 The glory of Lebanon shall come unto thee, the fir-tree, the 
pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my 
sanctuary ; and I will make the place of my feet glorious. 

Joel 2: 21 Fear not, O land; be glad aud rejoice: for the 
Lord will do great things. 22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the 
field : for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree 
beareth her fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their 
strength. 23 Be glad, then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice 
in the Lord your God : for he hath given you the former 
rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the 
rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month, 
24 And the floors shall be full of wheat, and the fats shall 

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A Time of Enjoyment — A Contrast to other Times. 



overflow with wine and oil. 25 And I will restore to you the 
years that the locust hath eaten, the canker-worm, and the 
caterpiller, and the palmer-worm, my great army, which I sent 
among you. 26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, 
and praise the name of the Lord your God, that hath dealt 
wondrously with you : and my people shall never be ashamed. 
— 3: 18 And it shall come to pass in that day, that the moun- 
tains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with 
milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a 
fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall 
water the valley of Shittim. [Is. 25: 6 ; and 35th entire, and 
41: 18.] [See 446.] 

445. Millennium a time of enjoyment. 

Is. 25: 8 He will swallow up death in victory; and the 
Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces ; and the 
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the 
earth : for the Lord hath spoken it, — 35: 10 The ransomed 
of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and 
everlasting joy upon their heads : they shall obtain joy and 
gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away. — 52: 9 Break 
forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem : for 
the Lord hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jeru- 
salem. — 65: 18 Be ye glad and rejoice for ever m that which 
I create : for behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her 
people a joy. 19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in 
my people : and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard 
in her, nor the voice of crying. 

Zep. 3: 14 Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; be 
glad, and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. 
15 The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, he hath cast 
out thine enemy : the King of Israel, even the Lord, is in the 
midst of thee : thou shalt not see evil any more. 1 6 In that 
day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not : and to Zion, 
Let not thy hands be slack. 17 The Lord thy God in the 
midst of thee is mighty; -he will save, he will rejoice over thee 
with joy ; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with 
singing. 

446. Millennium a contrast to previous times. 

Is. 11: 6 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the 
leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the 
young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall 
lead them. 7 And the cow and the bear shall feed; their 
young ones shall lie down together : and the lion shall eat 
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Design and Use of. 

straw like the ox. 8 And the suckling child shall play on the 
hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on 
the cockatrice's den. — 40: 4 Every valley shall be exalted, 
and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the 
crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain : 5 
And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh 
shall see it together : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken 
it — 41: 18 I will open rivers in high places, and fountains 
in the midst of the valleys : I will make the wilderness a pool 
of water, and the dry land springs of water. 19 1 will plant 
in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, 
and the oil-tree : I will set in the desert the fir-tree, and the 
pine, and the box-tree together : 20 That they may see, and 
know, and consider, and understand together, that the hand of 
the Lord hath done this, and the Holy One of Israel hath 
created it. — bb: 13 Listead of the thorn shall come up the 
fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle- 
tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlast- 
ing sign that shall not be cut off. — ^b: 25 The wolf and the 
lamb shaU feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the 
bullock : and dust shall he the serpent's meat. [Is. 35: 6, 7 
Ezk. 47: 8, 9. Ac 3: 21.] 



MINISTRY OF THE WORD. 
447. Design and use of the Christian 'ministry. 

Jer. 3: 15 I will give you pastors according to mine heart, 
which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding. — 
15: 19 If thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt 
be as my mouth. 

Ezk. 3:17 Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto 
the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and 
give them warning from me. 

Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have 
lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 14 Ye are the hght of the world. A city that is 
set on a hill cannot be hid. 

Ac. 26: 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the 
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, 
and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power 
of Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, 
and inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that 
is in me. 

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Divinely appointed. 

Kom. 10: 14 How then sliall they call on him in whom they 
have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall they hear without a 
preacher? 15 And how shall they preach, except they be 
sent ? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that 
preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good 
things ! [Is. 52: 7.] 

1 Cor. 1: 21 After that in the wisdom of God the world by 
wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of 
preaching to save them that believe. 

2 Cor. 1: 24 Not for that we have dominion over your 
faith, but are helpers of your joy : for by faith ye stand. — 
5: 20 We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did be- 
seech you by us : we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled 
to God. 

Ep. 4: 1 1 He gave some, apostles ; and some, prophets ; and 
some, evangelists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; 12 For 
the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for 
the edifying of the body of Christ : 13 Till we all come in the 
unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto 
a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fuhiess of 
Christ. [1 Tim. 3: 1. Heb. 13: 17.] [See 101.] 

448. Ministers divinely appointed and qualified. 

Is. 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make 
mention of the Lord keep not silence. 

Mai. 2: 7 For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and 
they should seek the la^ at his mouth: for he is the messenger 
of the Lord of hosts. 

Lk. 10: 1 After these things, the Lord appointed other sev- 
enty also, and sent them two and two before his face into every 
city, and place, whither he himself would come. 2 Therefore 
said he unto them. The harvest truly is great, but the laborers 
are few: pray ye therefore the lord of the harvest, that he 
would send forth laborers into his harvest. 

Ac. 20: 24 But none of these things move me, neither count 
I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course 
with joy, and the ministry which I have received of the Lord 
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 28 Take 
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the 
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the 
church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood. 
— 26: 16 Rise and stand upon thy feet: for I have appeared 
unto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and a wit- 
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Call to preach — Ordination. 

ness both of these things which thou hast seen, and of those 
things in the which I will appear unto thee ; 17 Delivering thee 
from the people, and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send 
thee, 18 To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness 
to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, that they may 
receive forgiveness of sins, and inheritance among them which 
are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

Rom. 12: 6 Having then gifts, differing according to the 
grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy^ 
according to the proportion of faith; 7 Or ministry, let us wait 
on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching: 8 Or he 
that exhorteth, on exhortation. 

1 Cor. 1: 1 Paul, called to he an apostle of Jesus Christ 
through the will of God, and Sosthenes our brother. 17 For 
Christ sent me not to baptize, but to preach the gospel. 

2 Cor. 5: 18 All things are of God, who hath reconciled us 
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry 
of reconciliation. 

Col. 4: 17 Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry 
which thou hast received in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

1 Tim. 1: 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath 
enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into 
the ministry. 

Tit. 1: 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through 
preaching, which is committed unto me, according to the com- 
mandment of God our Saviour. [1 Cor. 12: 7 — 11.] [See 480.] 

449. Call to preach the gospel. 

1 Cor. 9: 16 Though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing 
to glory of: for necessity is laid upon me ; yea, wo is unto me, 
if I preach not the gospel ! 

Gal. 1:15 When it pleased God, who separated me from my 
mother's w^omb, and called me by his grace, 1 6 To reveal his 
Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen ; im- 
mediately I conferred not with flesh and blood. 

Heb. 5: 4 No man taketh this honor unto himself, but he 
that is called of God, as was Aaron. 

450. Ordination of ministers. 

Mk. 3: 14 He ordained tw^elve, that they should be with 
him, and that he might send them forth to preach. 

Ac. 13: 2 As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the 
Holy Ghost said. Separate me Barnabas and Saul, for the 
work whereunto I have called them. 3 And when they had 
fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them 

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Oriental priesthood — Primitive mode of preaching — r Ministerial qualifications. 

away. ^14: 23 When they had ordained them elders in every 
church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to 
the Lord, on whom they believed. 

2 Tim. 2: 2 The things that thou hast heard of me among 
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who 
shall be able to teach others also. 

Tit. 1:5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest 
set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in 
every city, as I had appointed thee. [See 401.] 

451. Oriental priesthood. 

Gen. 47: 22 Only the land of the priests bought he not ; for 
the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did 
eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them ; wherefore they 
sold not their lands. 

Ex. 3: 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in- 
law, the priest of Midian : and he led the flock to the back 
side of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even 
to Horeb. 

452. Primitive mode of preaching. 

Ac. 17: 2 Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and 
three Sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures. 

1 Cor. 2: 4 My speech and my preaching ivas not with 
enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the 
Spirit, and of power : 5 That your faith should not stand in 
the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 

2 Cor. 3: 12 Seeing then that we have such hope, we use 
great plainness of speech. — 4: 1 Seeing we have this minis- 
try, as we have received mercy, we faint not ; 2 But have 
renounced the hidden things of dishonesty ; not walking in 
craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully ; but, by 
manifestation of the truth, commending ourselves to every 
man's conscience in the sight of God. [See 447, 458, 461.] 

453. Ministerial qualijications. 

1 Tim. 3: 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband 
of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospital- 
ity, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy 
of fllthy lucre ; but patient ; not a brawler ; not covetous ; 4 
One that ruleth well his own house, having liis children in sub- 
jection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to 
rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of 
God ?) 6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall 
into the condemnation of the devil. 7 Moreover, he must 
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Names — Authority and rights. 

have a good report of them which are without ; lest he fall 
into reproach and the snare of the devil. 

2 Tim. 2: 2 The things that thou hast heard of me among 
many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who 
shall be able to teach others also. 24 And the servant of the 
Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, 
patient ; 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose. 

Tit. 1: 6 If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, 
having faithful children, not accused of riot, or unruly. 7 For 
a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God : not self- 
willed, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given 
to filthy lucre; 8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good 
men, sober, just, holy, temperate ; 9 Holding fast the faithful 
word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound 
doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers. [Mat. 
13: 52. 1 Cor. 4: 2.] 

454. Significant names of ministers. 

2 Cor. 5: 20 Ambassadors for Christ. — Tit. 1: 7 Bishops. 

— 1 Tim. 5: 17 Elders. — Ep. 4: 11 Evangelists. — 2 Cor. 1: 
24 Helpers. — 1 Cor. 3: 9 Laborers together with God. 

— Lk. 1: 2 JMinistersof the Word.— 2 Cor. 11: 15 Ministers 
of righteousness. — Mai. 2: 7 Messengers of the Lord. — Ac. 
20: 28 Overseers. — Ep. 4: 11 Pastors and teachers. — 1 Tim. 
5: 17 Rulers. — Mat. 5: 13 Salt of the earth. — Jam. 1: 1 
Servants of God. — 2 Cor. 4: 5 Servants for Jesus' sake. — 
Jer. 23: 4 Shepherds. — Tit. 1: 7 Stewards of God. — Is. 62: 
6 Watchmen. — Ac. 26: 16 and Rev. 11: 3 Witnesses. 

455. Ministerial authority and rights. 

Ac. 20: 17 And called the elders of the church. 28 Take 
heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the 
which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, [bishops] to 
feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own 
blood. 

2 Cor. 10: 8 Though I should boast somewhat more of our 
authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not 
for your destruction, I should not be ashamed. — 13: 10 I write 
these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharp- 
ness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to 
edification, and not to destruction. 

1 Tim. 5: 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted wor- 
thy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word 
and doctrine. 

2 Tim. 4: 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and the 

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Duty to take heed to their own ways. 

Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at 
his appearing and his kingdom ; 2 Preach the word ; be instant 
in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long- 
suffering and doctrine. 

Tit. 2: 15 These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with 
all authority. Let no man despise thee. 

Heb. 13: 7 Remember them which have the rule over you, 
who have spoken unto you the word of God : whose faith 
follow, considering the end of their conversation. 17 Obey 
them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for 
they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that 
they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is un- 
profitable for you. 

456. Liuiifs of ministerial aut]iorit}j. 

Mat. 20: 25 Jesus called them unto him^ and said. Ye know 
that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, 
and they that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But 
it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minister : 27 And whosoever will 
be chief among you, let him be your servant : 28 Even as the 
Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, 
and to give his life a ransom for many. Mk. 10: 42. — 23: 8 
Be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ ; 
and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father upon 
the earth: for one is your father which is in heaven. 10 
Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even 
Christ. 

1 Pet. 5: 3 Neither as being lords over GodJs heritage, but 
being ensamples to the flock. 

MINISTERIAL DUTIES. 

457. The cultivation of knoiuledye, piety and luisdom required and exempli- 
Jied. 

Ezk. 2: 8 Son of man, hear what I say unto thee. Be not 
thou rebellious like that rebellious house : open thy mouth, 
and eat that I give thee. 

Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 

Ac. 6: 4 We will give ourselves continually to prayer, and 

to the ministry of the word. — 20: 28 Take heed therefore 

unto yourselves, and to all the flock over the which the Holy 

Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, 

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Duty to take heed to their own ways. 

which he hath purchased with his own blood. 29 For I know 
this, that after my departing shall grevious wolves enter in 
among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also of your own selves 
shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away dis- 
ciples after them. 31 Therefore watch, and remember, that 
by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one 
night and day with tears. 

Rom. 2; 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teaches t 
thou not thyself.'^ thou that preachest, a man should not steal, 
dost thou steal ? 

1 Cor. 9: 25 Every man that striveth for the mastery is tem- 
perate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible 
crown; but wean incorruptible. 26 I therefore so run, not 
as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : 27 
But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest 
that by any means when I have preached to others, I myself 
should be a cast-away. 

1 Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also^'how holily, and 
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that 
believe. 

1 Tim. 4: 12 Let no man despise thy youth ; but be thou an 
example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, 
in spirit, in faith, in purity. 13 Till I come, give attendance 
to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 14 Neglect not the gift 
that is in thee, which was given thee by prophecy, with the lay- 
ing on of the hands of the presbytery. 15 Meditate upon 
these things ; give thyself wholly to them ; that thy profiting 
may appear to all. 1 6 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the 
doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both 
save thyself, and them that hear thee. — 6: 20 O Timothy, keep 
that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding profane (ind 
vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so called : 
21 Which some professing, have erred concerning the faith. 

2 Tim. 1: 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou 
hast heard of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. — 
2: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of 
Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with 
the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen 
him to be a soldier. 22 Flee also youthful lusts : but follow 
righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. 23 But foolish and unlearned 
questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes. 

2 Tim. 4: 5 Watch thou in all things, endure afiiictions, do 
the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry. 

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7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have 
kept the faith. 

Tit. 2: 7 In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good 
works : in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity. 

8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned ; that he that is of 
the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say 
of you. [See 369, 463.] 

458. Preaching faithfuHg as '* ambassadors for Christ " required and exem- 
plijied. 

Dt. 33: 10 They shall teach Jacob thy judgments, and Israel 
thy law. 

Neh. 8: 8 Thev read in the book, in the law of God dis- 
tinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand 
the reading. 

Ec. 12: 9 Because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the 
people knowledge : yea, he gave good heed, and sought out, 
and set in order many proverbs. 

Jer. 1: 17 Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and 
speak unto them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at 
their faces, lest I confound thee before them. — 23: 28 The 
prophet that hath a dream, let him tell a dream ; and he that 
hath my word, let him speak my word faithfully. What is 
the chaff to the wheat? saith the Lord. - — 26: 2 Thus saith 
the Lord ; Stand in the court of the Lord's house, and speak 
unto all the cities of Judah, w^hich come to worship in the 
Lord's house, all the words that I command thee to speak unto 
them ; diminish not a word. 

Ezk. 2: 7 Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether 
they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are most 
rebellious. — 3: 10 He said unto me, Son of man, all my words 
that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear 
with thine ears. 11 And go, get thee to them of the captivity, 
unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell 
them, Thus saith the Lord God ; whether they will hear, or 
whether they will forbear. 

Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost ; 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatso- 
ever I have commanded you. 

Ac. 5: 42 Daily in the temple, and in every house, they 
ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. — 20: 18 When 
they were come to him, he said unto them, Ye know, from the 
first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I have been 
with you at all seasons. 20 And how I kept back nothing that 
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was profitable unto you, but have shewed you, and have taught 
you publicly, and from house to house. 26 Wherefore I take 
you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all 
men, 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the 
counsel of God. 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and 
to all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you 
overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased 
with his own blood. 

1 Cor. 4: 1 Let a man so account of us, as of the ministers 
of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, 
it is required in stewards that a man be found faithful. — 9: 16 
Though I preach the Gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for 
necessity is laid upon me ; yea, wo is unto me, if I preach not 
the Gospel ! 

2 Cor. 2: 17 We are not as many, which corrupt the word 
of God : but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God 
speak we in Christ. — 4: 1 Seeing we have this ministry, as 
we have received mercy, we faint not ; 2 But have renounced 
the hidden things of dishonesty ; not walking in craftiness, nor 
handling the word of God deceitfully ; but, by manifestation 
of the truth, commending ourselves to every man's conscience 
in the sight of God. 

Gal. 1: 10 Do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek 
to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the 
servant of Christ. 

1 Th. 2: 3 Our exhortation was not of deceit, nor of un- 
cleanness, nor in guile ; 4 But as we were allowed of God to 
be put in trust with the gospel, even so we speak; not as 
pleasing men, but God, which trieth our hearts. 5. For neither 
at any time used we flattering words, as ye know, nor a cloak 
of covetousness ; God is witness. 

2 Tim. 2: 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a 
workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the 
word of truth. — 4; 1 I charge thee therefore before God, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the 
dead at his appearing and his kingdom ; 2 Preach the word ; 
be instant in season, out of season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort 
with all long-suffering and doctrine. 3 For the time will come, 
when they will not endure sound doctrine ; but after their own 
lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching 
ears ; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth 
and shall be turned unto fables. 5 But watch thou in all 
things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make 
full proof of thy ministry. 

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459, 460 MINISTERIAL DUTIES. 



Duty to be inoffensive — To fear not man. 



Tit. 2: 1 Speak thou the things which become sound doctrine. 

1 Pet. 4: 11 If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles 
of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth : that God in all things may be glorified 
through Jesus Christ ; to whom be praise and dominion for ever 
and ever. [See 48, 65, 188, 279, 430, 462.] 

459. Duty to he properly inoffensive. 

Mat. 17: 27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, 
go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that 
first cometh up : and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for 
me and thee. 

Rom. 14: 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, 
nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, 
or is made weak. 

1 Cor. 9: 19 Though I be free from all men^ yet have I made 
myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. 20 And 
unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; 
to them that are under the law, as under the law, that I might 
gain them that are under the law ; 22 To the weak became X 
as weak, that I might gain the weak : I am made all things to 
all men, that I might by all means save some. — 10: 32 Give 
none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to 
the church of God. 33 Even as I please all men in all thinys, 
not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they 
may be saved. 

2 Cor. 6: 3 Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry 
be not blamed : 4 But in all things approving ourselves as the 
nlinisters of Gt)d,in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, 
in distresses. 

2 Tim. 2: 24 The servant of the Lord must not strive ; but 
be gentle unto all men, [See 67, 135.] 

460. Duty to fear not man — boldness exemplified. 

Jer. 1: 7 The Lord said unto me. Say not, I «m a child : for 
thou shalt go to aU that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I 
command thee thou shalt speak. 8 Be not afraid of their 
faces: for I am with thee to deliver thee, saith Lord. 17 
Thou therefore gird up thy loins, and arise, and speak unto 
them all that I command thee : be not dismayed at their faces, 
lest I confound thee before them. 18 For behold, I have made 
thee this day a defenced city, and an iron pillar, and brazen 
walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, 
against the prmces thereof^ against the priests thereof, and 
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Duty to expose and reprove sin. 



against the people of the land. 19 And they shall fight 
against thee ; but they shall not prevail against thee ; for I am 
with thee, saitli the Lord, to deliver thee. 

Ezk. 2: 6 Thou, son of man, be not afraid of them, neither 
be afraid of their words, though briers and thorns he with thee, 
and thou dost dwell among scorpions : be not afraid of their 
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they he a rebel- 
lious house. 

Ac. 4: 13 When they saw the boldness of Peter and John, 
and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they 
marvelled ; and they took knowledge of them, that they had 
been with Jesus. 18 And they called them, and commanded 
them not to speak at all, nor teach in the name of Jesus. 19 
But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it 
be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than 
unto God, judge ye. 20 For we cannot but speak the things 
which we have seen and heard. 29 And now, Lord, behold 
their threatenings ; and grant unto thy servants, that with all 
boldness they may speak thy word. — 6: 10 They were not 
able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake. 
— 9: 29 He spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and 
disputed against the Grecians : but they went about to slay 
him. — 18: 9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a 
vision. Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace : 10 
For I am with thee, and no man shall set on thee, to hurt thee : 
for I have much people in this city. — 19: 8 He went into the 
synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, 
disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom 
of God. 

Ph. 1: 20 According to my earnest expectation, and my 
hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all 
boldness, as always, so now also, Christ shall be magnified in 
my body, whether it he by life, or by death. [See 134, 659.] 

461. Exposing sins^ and reproving transgressors required and exemplijied. 

1 S. 13: 13 Samuel said to Saul, Thou hast done foolishly : 
thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, 
which he commanded thee : for now would the Lord have 
established thy kingdom upon Israel for ever. 14 But now 
thy kingdom shall not continue. 

2 S. 12: 7 Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. 

1 K. 18: 17 It came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah, that 
Ahab said unto him. Art thou he that troubleth Israel? 18 
And he answered, I have not troubled Israel ; but thou, and 
thy father's house, in that ye have forsaken the commandments 

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Duty to distinguish. 

of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim. — 21: 20 Ahab 
said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy ? And he 
answered, I have found thee : because thou hast sold thyself to 
work evil in the sight of the Lord. 

Is. 58; 1 Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trum- 
pet, and^shew my people their transgression, and the house of 
Jacob their sins. 

Ezk. 16: 2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her 
abominations. 

Mic. 3: 8 Truly I am full of power by the Spirit of the 
Lord, and of judgment, and of might, to declare unto Jacob 
his transgression, and to Israel his sin. 

Ac. 2: 23 Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel 
and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain. — 7:51 Ye stiff-necked, and 
uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy 
Ghost : as your fathers did, so do ye. 52 Which of the pro- 
phets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain 
them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One ; of 
whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers ; 53 
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and 
have not kept tt 

1 Tim. 5: 20 Them that sin rebuke before all, that others 
also may fear. 

2 Tim. 4: 2 Preach the word ; be instant in season, out of 
season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and 
doctrine. 

Tit. 1: 10 There are many unruly and vain talkers and 
deceivers, especially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose 
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 13 This 
witness is true : wherefore rebuke them sharply, that they may 
be sound in the faith. [See 610, 611.] 

462. Duti/ to distinguish saints from sinners, 

Jer. 15: 19 If thou take forth the precious from the vile, 
thou shalt be as my mouth : let them return unto thee ; but 
return not thou unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto 
this people a fenced brazen wall : and they shall fight against 
thee, but they shall not prevail against thee : for I am with thee 
to save thee and to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 44: 23 And they shall teach my people the difference 
between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern be- 
tween the unclean and the clean. 24 And in controversy they 
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Duty to.pra)^, watch, etr. 

shall stand in judgment ; and they shall judge it according to 
my judgments. 

Mai. 3: 18 Then shall ye reutrn and discern between the 
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and 
him that serveth him not. [See 458, 645.] 

463. The duties of praijlng, watching and visiting required and exemplified 

'— negligence reproved, 

1 S. 12: 23 As for me, God forbid that I should sin against 
the Lord in ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the 
good and the right way. 

Jer. 23: 2 Thus saith the Lord God of Israel against the 
pastors that feed my people ; Ye have scattered my flock, and 
driven them away, and have not visited them : behold, I will 
visit upon you the evil of your doings saith the Lord. 

Joel 2: 17 Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep 
between the porch and the altar, and let them say. Spare thy 
people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that 
the heathen should rule over them : wherefore should they say 
among the people. Where is their God ? 

Mat. 25: 4:2 I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat : 1 
was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : 43 1 was a stranger, 
and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick and 
in prison, and ye visited me not. 

Ac. 20: 31 Watch, and remember, that by the space of 
three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with 
tears. 

Rom. 1 : 9 God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit 
in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention 
of you always in my prayers. 

2 Cor. 11:2 I am jealous over you with godly jealousy : for 
I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as 
a chaste virgin to Christ. — 12: 14 Behold, the third time I 
am ready to come to you ; and I will not be burdensome to 
you : for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought 
not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. 
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you ; though 
the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. 

Gal. 4: 19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth 
again until Christ be formed in you, 20 I desire to be present 
with you now, and to change my voice ; for I stand in doubt 
of you. 

Ph. 1: 8 I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, 
4 Always in every prayer of mine for you aU making request 
with joy, 5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first 

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464 MINISTERIAL DUTIES. 

Entire devotion enjoined. 

day until now ; 8 For God is my record, how greatly I long 
after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ. 

Col. 1: 9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard ity 
do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be 
filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual 
understanding ; 10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord 
unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and in- 
creasing in the knowledge of God: 11 Strengthened with all 
might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and 
long-sufi^ering with joyfulness : 28 Whom we preach, warning 
every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom ; that we 
may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus. — 4: 12 Epa- 
phras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, 
always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand 
perfect and complete in all the will of God. 13 For I bear 
him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and them that are 
in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 

1 Th. 2: 6 Nor of men sought we glory, neither of you, nor 
yet of others, when we might have been burdensome, as the 
apostles of Christ. 7 But. we were gentle among you, even 
as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So being affectionately 
desirous of you, we were wiUing to have imparted unto you, 
not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye 
were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labor 
and travail : for laboring night and day, because we would 
not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you 
the gospel of God. 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also^ 
how holily, and justly, and unblamably w^e behaved ourselves 
among you that believe: 11 As ye know how we exhorted, 
and comforted, and charged every one of you, as a father 
doth his children, 12 That ye would walk worthy of God, 
who hath called you unto his kingdom and fflory. fl Th. 
3:7—10.] ^ 

464. Entire devotion to the calling required and exemplified, 

Lk. 9: 59 He said unto another. Follow me. But he said, 
Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. 60 Jesus said 
unto him. Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou and preach 
the kingdom of God. 

Ac. 6: 2 Then the twelve called the multitude of the disci- 
ples unto them^ and said. It is not reason that we should leave 
the word of God, and serve tables. 3 Wherefore, brethren, 
look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the 
Hcly Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this busi 
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liesponsibility — Temptations. 

ness. 4 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, 
and to the ministry of the word. 

1 Cor. 2: 2 I determined not to know any thing among you, 
save Jesus Christ, and him crucified. 

1 Tim. 4: 15 Meditate upon these things ; give thyself 
wholly to them ; that thy profiting may appear to all. 



MINISTERIAL TKUSTS, TRIALS, AND REVv^ARDS. 
465. Ministerial responsibility. 

Ezk. 33: 7 O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto 
the house of Israel ; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my 
mouth, and warn them from me. 8 When I say unto the 
wicked, O wicked man^ thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not 
speak to warn the wicked from liis way, that wicked man shall 
die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand. 
9 Nevertheless, of thou warn the wicked of his way to turn 
from it ; if he do not turn from his way, he shall die in his 
iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy soul. [Ezk. 3; 17, 19.] 
— 34: 8 ^5 I live, saith the Lord God, surely because my flock 
became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast 
of the field, because there teas no shepherd, neither did my 
shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed them- 
selves, and fed not my flock; 9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, 
hear the word of the TvORD ; 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I am against the shepherds ; and I will require my 
flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the 
flock, neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more ; 
for I will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not 
be meat for them. 

1 Tim. 1: 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed 
God which was committed to my trust. — 6: 20 O Timothy, 
keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoding profane 
and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so 
called; 21 Which some professing, have erred concerning the 
faith. 

466. Ministerial temptations. 
1. To please their hearers. 

Num. 24: 10 Balak said unto Balaam, 1 called thee to curse 
mine enemies, and behold, thou hast altogether blessed them 
these three times. 11 Therefore now flee thou to thy 
place : I thought to promote thee unto great honor ; but lo, the 
Lord hath kept thee back from honor. 

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Trials and Persecutions of Ministers. 

2. To avoid the frowns of the influential. 

Am. 7: 12 Amaziah said unto Amos, O thou seer, go flee 
thee away into the land of Judah, and there eat bread, and 
prophesy there : 13 But prophesy not again any more at 
Bethel : for it is the king's chapel, and it is the king's court. 

Ac. 4: 18 And they called them, and commanded them not 
to speak at all^ nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

3. To conceal the true God. 

Is. 30: 9 This is a rebellious people, lying children, children 
that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say to 
the seers, See not ; and to the prophets. Prophesy not unto us 
right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits : 11 
Get ye out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the 
Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 

4. To countenance popular errors^ delusions and vices. 

Ex. 32: 21 Moses said unto Aaron, What did this people 
unto thee, that thou hast brought so great a sin upon them ? 
22 And Aaron said, Let not the anger of my lord wax hot : 
thou knowest the people, that they are set on mischief. 23 For 
they said unto me. Make us gods which shall go before us. 

Am. 2: 11 I raised up of your sons for prophets, and of your 
young men for Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye children 
of Israel? saith the Lord. 12 But ye gave the Nazarites 
wine to drink ; and commanded the prophets, saying, Prophesy 
not. 

467. Trials and persecutions of faithful ministers. 

Jer. 2: 30 In vain have I smitten your children ; they re- 
ceived no correction : your own sword hath devoured your 
prophets, like a destroying lion. — 15: 10 Wo is me, my 
mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of 
contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, 
nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth 
curse me. 

Ezk. 33: 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy peo- 
ple still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors 
of the houses. 

Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 17 But beware of men : for they will deliver you up 
to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 
18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for 
my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 22 
And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake : but he 
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Trials and Persecutions of Ministers. 

that endureth to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they 
persecute you in this city, flee ye into another ; for verily I 
say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel 
till the Son of man be come. 24 The disciple is not above 
his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough 
for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his 
lord : if they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, 
how much more shall they call them of his household ? — 23: 34 
Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; 
and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them 
shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from 
city to city. 

Jn. 16; 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in me 
ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation, 
but be of good cheer: I have overcome the world. — 17: 14 I 
have given them thy word ; and the world hath hated them, 
because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the 
world. 

Ac. 5: 40 To him they agreed : and when they had called 
the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should 
not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And 
they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that 
they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 

Ac. 7: 52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers per- 
secuted ? and they have slain them which shewed before of 
the coming of the Just One ; of whom ye have been now the 
betrayers and murderers. — 9: 15 The Lord said unto him, 
Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my 
name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel. 
16 For I will show him how great things he must suffer for 
my name's sake. — 20: 23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth 
in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me. 

1 Cor. 4: 9 I think that God hath set forth us the apostles 
last, as it were appointed to death : for we are made a spectacle 
unto the world, and to angels, and to men. 11 Even unto 
this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, 
and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place ; 1 2 
And labor, working with our own hands. Being reviled, we 
bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it; 13 Being defamed, we 
entreat : we are made as the filth of the world, and are the 
off-scouring of all things unto this day. 

2 Cor. 1: 5 As the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our 
consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 6 And whether we be 
afflicted, it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effec- 
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suffer : or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation 
and salvation. 7 And our hope of you is steadfast, knowing 
that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so skall ye be also of 
the consolation. — 4: 8 We are troubled on every side, yet not 
distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; 9 Persecu- 
ted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed; 10 Al- 
ways bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, 
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. 
1 1 For we which live are always delivered unto death for 
Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest 
in our mortal flesh. — 6: 4 In all things approving ourselves as 
the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in neces- 
sities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, 
in labors, in watchings, in fastings ; 8 By honor and dishonor, 
by evil report and good report ; as deceivers, and yet true ; 
9 As unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we 
live; as chastened, and not killed; 10 As sorrowful, yet al- 
ways rejoicing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having 
nothing, and yet possessing all things. — 11: 23 Are they min- 
isters of Christ ? (I speak as a fool) I am more ; in labors 
more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more fre- 
quent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received J 
forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods 
once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a 
day I have been in the deep; 2^ In journeyings often, m 
perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by rnine owr, 
countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in 
perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among 
false brethren ; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings 
often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and naked- 
ness. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king 
kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to 
apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I 
let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. 

Gal. 1: 10 Do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek 
to please men ? for if 1 yet pleased men, I should not be thti 
servant of Christ. — 5: 111, brethren, if I yet preach circum- 
cision, why do I yet suffer persecution ? then is the offence of 
the cross ceased. 

1 Th. 3: 3 That no man should be moved by these afflic- 
tions : for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto. 
4 For verily, when we were with you, we told you before that 
we should suffer tribulation ; even as it came to pass, and ye 
know. 

2 Tim. 2; 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good 

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Ministerial Success. 



soldier of Jesus Christ. 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an 
evil-doer, even unto bonds ; but the word of God is not bound. 
— 3: 11 Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at An- 
tioch, at Iconium, at Lystra, what persecutions I endured : but 
out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yea, and all that 
will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.^ 

Rev. 1:9 1 John, who also am your brother, and companion 
in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, 
was i^ the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and 
for the b?,stimony of Jesus Christ. [See 68, 511.] 

468. Success in preaching promised, encouraged, and exemplified. 

Jer. 25; 22 If they had stood in my counsel, and had 
caused my people to hear my words, tlien they should have 
turned them from thdr evil way, and from the evil of their 
doings. 

Dan. 12: 3 They that be wise, shall shine as the brightness 
of the firmament ; aad they tnat turn many to righteousness, 
as the stars for ever and ever. 

JVIk. 1: 17 Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I 
will make you to become fishers of mea. 

Jn. 4: 36 He that reapeth r^ceiveth >rages, and gathereth 
fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth, and he that 
reapeth, may rejoice together. 

Ac. 11: 24 He was a good man, and full of the Holy Ghost, 
and of faith: and much people was added unto tlie Lord. — ■ 
14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that they went both to- 
gether into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a 
great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the Greeks, 
believed. 

1 Tim. 4: 1 6 Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; 
continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save tlay- 
self, and them that hear thee. [See 432.] 

469. Is present success always in proportion to faithfulness ? 

Is. 49: 4 I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my 
strength for nought, and in vain ; yet surely my judgment is 
with the Lord, and my work with my God. 5 And now, 
saith the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his ser- 
vant, to bring Jacob again to him. Though Israel be not gath- 
ered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my 
God shall be my strength. — 53: 1 Who hath believed our 
report ? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed ? 

Ezk. 3: 7 The house of Israel will not hearken unto thee ; 

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Ministers encouraged. 

for they will not hearken unto me : for all the house of Israel 
are impudent and hard-hearted. 

Jn. 12: 37 Though he had done so many miracles before 
them, yet they believed not on him: 38 That the saying of 
Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spake, Lord, 
who hath believed our .report ? and to whom hath the arm of 
the Lord been revealed ? 39 Therefore they could not beheve, 
because that Esaias said again, 40 He hath blinded tiieii* 
eyeg, and hardened their heart ; that they should not se<3 with 
their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be converged, 
and I should heal them. 

Ac. 13: 46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, 
It was necessary that the word of God shouM first hfive been 
spoken to you : but seeing ye put it from /ou, and judge your- 
selves unworthy of everlastmg life, lo, ^e turn to the Gentiles. 

[See 435.] 

470. Faithful ministers encouraged o^d rewarded by God. 
Jer. 1: 18 For behold, I tave made thee this day a defenced 
city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls, against the whole 
land, against the kin^s of Judah, against the princes thereof, 
against the priests thereof, and against the people of the land. 
19 And they shfjH fight agxiinst thee; but they shall not pre- 
vail against tiee ; for I am with thee, saith the Lord, to de- 
liver thee. ^15: 19 Thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then 

will I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me : and 
if thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as 
my mouth ; let them return unto thee ; but return not thou 
unto them. 20 And I will make thee unto this people a fenced 
brazen wall : and they shall fight against thee, but they shall 
not prevail against thee : for I am with thee to save thee and 
to deliver thee, saith the Lord. 21 And I will deliver thee out 
of the hand of the wicked, and I will redeem thee out of the 
hand of the terrible. 

Ezk. 3: 8 Behold, I have made thy face strong against their 
faces, and thy forehead strong against their foreheads. 9 As 
an adamant, harder than flint have I made thy forehead : fear 
them not, neither be dismayed at their looks, though they he a 
rebellious house. 

Mat. 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you alway, even 
unto the end of the world. 

Lk. 6: 22 Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and 
when they shall separate you from their company ^ and shall 
reproach you^ and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of 
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Ministers to be prayed for — Ministerial Support. 

man's sake. 23 Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for 
behold, your reward is great in heaven. — 21: 15 I will give 
you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaiies shall not 
be able to gainsay nor resist. 

2 Tim. 4; 7 I have fought a good fight, I have finished viy 
course, I have kept the faith : 8 Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous 
Judge, shall give me at that day : and not to me only, but unto 
all them also that love his appearing. [See 630.] 

471. Faithful ministers to be prayed for. 

Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints; 19 And for me, that utterance 
may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to 
make know^n the mystery of the gospel. 

1 Th. 5: 25 Brethren, pray for us. 

2 Th. 3: 1 Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of 
the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is 
with you; 2 And that we maybe delivered from unreasonable 
and wicked men : for all men have not faith. 

472. Faithful ministers should be supported . 

Num. 18: 21 Behold, I have given the children of Levi all 
the tenth in Israel for an inheritance, for their service which 
they serve, even the service of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

Mai. 3: 10 Bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that 
there may be meat in my house. 

Mat 10: 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your 
purses ; 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, 
neither shoes, nor yet staves : (for the w^orkman is worthy of 
his meat.) 

Jn. 1 3: 20 Yerily, verily, I say unto you. He that receiveth 
whomsoever I send, receiveth me ; and he that receiveth me, 
receiveth him that sent me. 

1 Cor. 9: 11 If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it 
a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things? 13 Do ye 
not know that they which minister about holy things live of the 
things of the temple, and they which w^ait at the altar are par- 
takers with the altar? 14 Even so hath the Lord ordained 
that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel. 

Gal. 6: 6 Let him that is taught in the word, communicate 
unto him that teacheth in all good things. 

1 Th. 5: 12 We beseech you, brethren, to know them which 
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473, 474 MINISTERS OF SATAN. 

Numerous — deceitful. 

labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish 
you; 13 And to esteem them very highly in love for their 
work's sake. And be at peace among yourselves. 

1 Tim. 5: 17 Let the elders that rule well, be counted wor- 
thy of double honor, especially they who labor in the word and 
doctrine. 18 For the scripture saith. Thou shalt not muzzle 
the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy 
of his reward. 



MINISTERS OF SATAN. 

473. False and unfaithful ministers numerous. 

1 K. 18: 22 Then said Elijah unto the people, I, even I only, 
remain a prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are four 
hundred and fifty men. 

Jer. 10: 21 The pastors are become brutish, and have not 
sought the Lord : therefore they shall not prosper, and all 
their flocks shall be scattered. 

Mat. 7: 22 Many Avill say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 
23 And then I will profess unto them I neyer knew you : de- 
part from me, ye that work iniquity. — 24: 5 Many shall come 
in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and shall deceive many. 
1 1 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 

1 Jn. 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the 
spirits whether they are of God : because many false prophets 
are gone out into the world. 

2 Jn. 7 Many deceivers are entered into the world, who 
confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a 
deceiver, and an antichrist. 

474. False and unfaithful ministers deceitful. 

Jer. 6: 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter 
of my people slightly, saying. Peace, peace ; when there is no 
peace. 

Ezk. 13: 10 They have seduced my people, saying. Peace ; 
and there was no peace ; and one built up a wall, and lo, others 
daubed it with untempered mortar, 1 8 Wo to the loomen that 
sew pillows to all arm-holes, and make kerchiefs upon the head 
of every statue to hunt souls ! 22 Because with lies ye have 
made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made 
sad ; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should 
not return from his wicked way by promising him life. 
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MINISTERS OF SATAN. 475 

Cruel, dangerous and despicable. 

Mat. 7: 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. — 
24: 11 Many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 
24 There shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and 
shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if it ivere 
possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

Rom. 16: 17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them which 
cause divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye 
have learned; and avoid them. 18 For they that are such 
serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and 
by good w^ords and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the 
simple. 

2 Cor. 11: 13 Such are false apostles, deceitful workers, 
transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And 
no marvel ; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of 
light. 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also 
be transformed as the ministers of righteousness ; whose end 
shall be according to their works. 

Ep. 4: 14 That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to 
and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the 
sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait 
to deceive. 

2 Tim. 3: 13 Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and 
worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 

Tit. 1:10 There are many unruly and vain talkers and de- 
ceivers, especially they of the circumcision: 11 Whose 
mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake. 

2 Pet. 2: 3 Through covetousness shall they with feigned 
words make merchandise of you : whose judgment now of a 
long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 

[See 15, 198, 702.] 

475. False and unfaithful teachers cruel ^ dangerous and despicable — 
Threats. 

Is. 3: 1 2 O my people, they vhich lead thee cause thee to 
err, and destroy the way of thy paths. — 9: 15 The ancient 
and honorable, he is the head ; and the prophet that teacheth 
lies, he is the tail. 16 For the leaders of this people cause 
them to err ; and they that are led of them are destroyed. 

Jer. 23: 1 Wo be unto the pastors that destroy and scatter 
the sheep of my pasture ! saith the Lord. 2 Therefore thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel against the pastors that feed my 
people ; Ye have scattered my flock, and driven them away, 
and have not visited them : behold, I will visit upon you the 

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Cruel, dangerous and despicable 



evil of your doings, saith the Lord. 14 I have seen also in 
the prophets of Jerusalem a horrible thing : they commit adul- 
tery, and walk in lies : they strengthen also the hands of evil- 
doers, iJtiat none doth return from his wickedness : they are all 
of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as 
Gomorrah. 15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts con- 
cerning the prophets ; Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, 
and make them drink the water of gall : for from the prophets 
of Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth into all the land. 32 
Behold, I am against them that prophesy false dreams, saith the 
Lord, and do tell them, and cause my people to err by their 
lies, and by their lightness ; yet I sent them not, nor com- 
manded them : therefore they shall not profit this people at all, 
saith the Lord. 

Ezk. 13: 22 With lies ye have made the heart of the right- 
eous sad, whom I have not made sad ; and strengthened the 
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked 
way, by promising him life. — 22: 25 There is a conspiracy of 
her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion ravening 
the prey ; they have devoured souls ; they have taken the 
treasure and precious things ; they have made her many widows 
in the midst thereof. 26 Her priests have violated my law, 
and have profaned my holy things : they have put no differ- 
ence between the holy and profane, neither have they shewed 
difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid 
their eyes from my Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 
27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening 
the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest 
gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with untem- 
pered mortar^ seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not spoken. 
31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them ; 
I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath : their own 
way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord God. 
— 34: 2 Son of man, prophesy against the shepherds of Israel, 
prophesy, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord God unto 
the shepherds ; Wo he to the shepherds of Israel that do feed 
themselves ! should not the shepherds feed the flocks ? 3 Ye 
eat the fat, and ye clothe you with the wool, ye kill them that 
are fed : hut ye feed not the flock. 4 The diseased have ye 
not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, 
neither have ye bound up that ivldch was broken, neither have 
ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have 
ye sought that which was lost ; but with force and with cruelty 
have ye ruled them. 10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
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MINISTERS OF SATAN. 475 

Cruelj dangerous and despicable. 

I am against the shepherds ; and I will require my flock at 
their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock ; 
neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more ; for I 
will deliver my flock from their mouth, that they may not be 
meat for them. 

Mai. 2: 8 Ye are departed out of the way ; ye have caused 
many to stumble at the law; ye have corrupted the cove- 
nant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 9 Therefore have I 
also made you contemptible and base before all the people, 
according as ye have not kept my ways, but have been partial 
in the law. 

Mat. 23: 14 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long 
prayer : therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 
15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when he 
is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than 
yourselves. 1 6 Wo unto you, ye blind guides ! which say, 
Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but who- 
soever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. 
17 Te fools, and blind ! for whether is greater, the gold, or the 
temple that sanctifieth the gold ? 23 Wo unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, 
and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the 
law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, 
which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 27 Wo unto 
you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are like unto 
whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but 
are within full of dead men^s bones, and of all uncleanness. 
28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but 
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 33 Ye serpents, 
ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of 
hell ? 

Lk. 6: 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak well of 
you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. — 11: 52 
Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of 
knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were 
entering in ye hindered. 

Ac. 20: 29 I know this, that after my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 30 Also 
of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, 
to draw away disciples after them. 

2 Pet. 2: 1 There were false prophets also among the 
people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who 

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476, 477 MINISTERS OF SATAN. 

Sought after — To be avoided. 

privilj shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift 
destruction. 2 And many shall follow their pernicious ways ; 
by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 
8 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words 
make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long 
time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not. 
[See 175-7.] 

476. False and unfaithful teachers, sought after, 

Jer. 5: 30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in 
the land; 31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests 
bear rule by their means ; and my people love to have it so : 
and what will ye do in the end thereof ? 

Jn. 5: 43 I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive 
me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will 
receive. 

2 Tim. 4: 2 Preach the word : be instant in season, out of 
season ; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and 
doctrine. 3 The time will come, when they will not endure 
sound doctrine ; but after their own lusts shall they heap to 
themselves teachers, having itching ears ; 4 And they shall 
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto 
fables. [See 175, 704.] 

477. False teachers to be avoided — cautions. 

Pr. 19: 27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth 
to err from the words of knowledge. 

Mat. 7: 15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in 
sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. — 15: 14 
Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind. — 24: 4 
Jesus answered and said unto them. Take heed that no man 
deceive you. 

Mk. 4: 24 He said unto them, Take heed what ye hear. 

Lk. 21: 8 He said. Take heed that ye be not deceived: for 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the 
time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. 

Rom. 16: 17 I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause 
divisions and offences, contrary to the doctrine which ye have 
learned ; and avoid them. 

1 Cor. 15: 33 Be not deceived: Evil communications corrupt 
good manners. 

Gal. 1: 7 There be some that trouble you, and would pervert 
the gospel of Christ. 8 But though we, or an angel from 
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MIRTH AND LAUGHTER. 478, 479 

Common — Nature and tendency of. 

heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we 
have preached unto you, let him be accursed. 

Ph. 3: 2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil-workers, beware of 
the concision ; 3 For we are the circumcision, which worship 
God in the Spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no 
confidence in the flesh. 

1 Tim. 6: 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to 
wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, 4 He is 
proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes 
of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings, 
5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute 
of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : from such with- 
draw thyself. 

2 Jn. 10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this 
doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God 
speed : 1 1 For he that biddeth him God speed, is partaker of 
his evil deeds. [See 18, 112, 175-7.] 

478. False teachers destroy themselves and others. 

Mat 15: 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the 
blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the 
ditch. — 23: 13 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 
crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : 
for ye neither go in yourselves^ neither suffer ye them that are 
entering, to go in. 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 
hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one prose- 
lyte ; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the 
child of hell than yourselves. 

MIRTH AND LAUGHTER. 

479. Mankind prone to mirth — nature and tendency of. 

Job 21: 11 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and 
their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and 
rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days 
in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 There- 
fore they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the 
knowledge of thy ways. 

Pr. 14: 13 Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful; and 
the end of that mirth is heaviness. — 21: 17 He that loveth 
pleasure shall he a poor man : he that loveth wine and oil shall 
not be rich. 

Ec. 2: 1 I said in my heart. Go to now, I will prove thee 
with mirth ; therefore enioy pleasure : and behold, this also is 

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Needed and appointed. 



vanity. 2 I said of laughter, It is mad : and of mirth, What 
doeth it? 10 Whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from 
them, I withheld not my heart from any joy ; for my heart 
rejoiced in all my labor : and this was my portion of all my 
labor. 11 Then I looked on all the works that my hands had 
wrought, and on the labor that I had labored to do : and behold, 
all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit 
under the sun. — 7:2 It is better to go to the house of mourn- 
ing, than to go to the house of feasting : for that is the end of 
all men ; and the living will lay it to his heart. 3 Sorrow is 
better than laughter : for by the sadness of the countenance 
the heart is made better. 4 The heart of the wise is in the 
house of mourning ; but the heart of fools is in the house of 
mirth. — 11: 9 Rejoice, young man, in thy youth; and let 
thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in 
the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but 
know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into 
judgment. 10 Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and 
put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are 
vanity. 

Lk. 6: 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. 
Wo unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. 

1 Cor. 10: 7 Neither be ye^ idolaters, as were some of them : 
as it is written, The people sat down to eat and drink, and rose 
up to play. 

2 Pet. 2: 13 And shall receive the reward of unrighteous- 
ness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day-time. 
Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their 
own deceivings while they feast with you. [See 698, 711.] 



MISSIONS. 
480. Missions needed and divinely appointed. 

Ps. 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God — 74: 20 Have respect unto the cove- 
nant : for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations 
of cruelty. 

Mat. 28: 19 Go ye therefore and teach all nations, baptizing 
them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the 
Holy Ghost ; 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatso- 
ever I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you always, 
even unto the end of the world. 

Mk. 16: 15 He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and 
preach the gospel to every creature. 
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MISSIONS MODESTY. 481, 482 

Missions encouraged -^Modesty required. 

Rom. 2: 1 2 As many as have sinned without law, shall also 
perish without law : and as many as have sinned in the law, 
shall be judged by the law. — 10: 14 How then shall they call 
on him in whom they have not believed ? and how shall they 
believe in him of whom they have not heard ? and how shall 
they hear without a preacher ? 15 And how shall they preach, 
except they be sent ? as it is written. How beautiful are the feet 
of them that preach the gos]3el of peace, and bring glad tidings 
of good things ! [See 359, 448.] 

481. Encouragement of missions, 

Ps. 68: 31 Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall 
soon stretch out her hands unto God. — 110: 3 Thy people 
shall he willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of 
holiness from the womb of the morning : thou hast the dew of 
thy youth. 

Joel 2: 28 It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour 
out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters 
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young 
men shall see visions : 29 And also upon the servants and 
upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. 

Ac. 28: 28 Be it known therefore unto you, that the salva- 
tion of God is sent unto the Gentiles, and that they will hear 
it. [See 90, 440.] 

MODESTY. 

482. Modesty and lowliness required. 

Pr. 25: 6 Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king ; 
and stand not in the place of great men ; 7 For better it is 
that it be said unto thee, Come up hither; than that thou 
shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom 
thine eyes have seen. 

Mat. 11: 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me : for 
I am meek and lowly in heart ; and ye shall find rest unto 
your souls. — 20: 26 It shall not be so among you : but who- 
soever will be great among you, let him be your minister : 27 
And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your ser- 
vant. 

Rom. 12: 3 I say, through the grace given unto me, to every 
man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly 
than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God 
hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. \() Be kindly 
affectioned one to another with brotherly love ; in honor pre- 
ferring one another. 

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483 — 485 NATIONAL, 



National Organizations — Promises. 



1 Cor. 13: 4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity 
envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up. 

Gal. 5: 26 Let us not be desirous of vain-glory, provoking 
one another, envying one another. 

Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love. 

Ph. 2: 3 Let nothing be done through strife or vain-glory ; 
but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than 
themselves. [See 62, 437.] 

483 Modesty in good works. 

Mat. 6: 1 Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, 
to be seen of them : otherwise ye have no reward of your 
Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore, when thou doest 
thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypo- 
crites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may 
have glory of men. Verily I say unto you. They have their 
reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand 
know what thy right hand doeth ; 4 That thine alms may be 
in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret, himself shall 
reward thee openly. [See 703.] 



NATIONAL. 

484. National organizations appointed. 

Gen. 21: 13 Of the son of the bond-woman will I make a 
nation, because he is thy seed. 

Dt. 32: 8 When the Most High divided to the nations their 
inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the 
bounds of the people according to the number of the children 
of Israel. 

485. National promises and favors to the obedient. 

Ex. 19: 5 If ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep mj 
covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above 
all people : for all the earth is mine : 6 And ye shall be unto 
me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. 

Lev. 26: 3 If ye walk in my statutes and keep my com- 
mandments, and do them ; 4 Then I will give you rain in due 
season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of 
the field shall yield their fruit : 6 And I will give peace in 
the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you 
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NATIONAL. 485 



Promises to the Obedient. 



afraid : and 1 will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall 
the sword go through your land. 7 And je shall chase your 
enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword. 8 And 
five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you 
shall put ten thousand to flight : and your enemies shall fail 
before you by the sword. 9 For I will have respect unto you, 
and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and estabhsh m\ 
covenant with you. 10 And ye shall eat old store, and bring 
forth the old because of the new. 1 1 And I will set my taber- 
nacle among you : and my soul shall not abhor you. 12 And 
I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be 
my people. 

Dt. 4: 5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, 
even as the Lord my God commanded me, that ye should do 
so in the land whither ye go to possess it. 6 Keep therefore 
and do them : for this is your wisdom and your understanding, 
in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, 
and say. Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding 
people. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his com- 
mandments which I command thee this day, that it may go 
well with thee, and with thy. children after thee, and that thou 
mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, for ever. — 28: 1 It shall come to pass, if 
thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day: that the Lord thy God will set thee on 
high above all nations of the earth: 2 And all these blessings 
shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy God. 3 Blessed shalt thou be 
in the city, and blessed shalt thou he in the field. 4 Blessed 
shall he the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, 
and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the 
flocks of thy sheep. 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy 
store. 6 Blessed shalt thou he when thou comest in, and 
blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. 7 The Lord shall 
cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten 
before thy face : they shall come out against thee one way, 
and flee before thee seven ways. 8 The Lord shall command 
the blessing upon thee in thy" store-houses, and in all that thou 
settest thine hand unto : and he shall bless thee in the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 9 The Lord shall 
establish thee a holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto 
thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy 
God, and walk in his ways. 10 And all people of the earth 
shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and 

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Threats to the Disobedient. 



they shall be afraid of thee. 11 And the Lord shall make 
thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the 
fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land 
which the Lord sware unto thy fathers to give thee. 12 The 
Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to 
give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the 
work of thine hand : and thou shalt lend unto many nations, 
and thou shalt not borrow. 13 And the Lord shall make thee 
the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and 
thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the com- 
mandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this 
day, to observe and to do them, 

Ps. 81: 13 Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and 
Israel had walked in my ways ! 14 1 should soon have sub- 
dued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversa- 
ries. 15 The haters of the Lord should have submitted them- 
selves unto him : but their time should have endured for ever. 
1 6 He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat : 
and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. 
[Lev. 26: 3—12. Dt. 4: o, 6, 40, and 28: 1—13.] 

[See 302, 630, and Promises in the Ladex.] 

486. National threats and calamities for disobedience. 

Lev. 26: 14 If ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do 
all these commandments ; 15 And if ye shall despise my 
statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will 
not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 
16 1 also will do this unto you, I will even appoint over you 
terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume 
the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart : and ye shall soav your 
seed in vain ; for your enemies shall eat it. 17 And I will 
set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your ene- 
mies : they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall 
flee when none pursueth you. 18 And if ye will not yet foi 
all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times 
more for your sins. 19 And I will break the pride of your 
power ; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth 
as brass : 20 And your strength shall be spent in vain : for 
your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees 
of the land yield their fruits. 21 And if ye walk contrary 
unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven 
times more plagues upon you, according to your sins. 22 I 
will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of 
your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in 
number, and your high-wsijs shall be desolate. 23 And if ye 
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Threats to the Disobedient. 



will not be reformed by me by cliese things, but will walk con- 
trary unto me ; 24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, 
and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. 25 And I 
will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of 
my covenant : and when ye are gathered together within your 
cities, I wiH send the pestilence among you ; and ye shall be 
ielive-«id into the hand of the enemy. 'IQ And when I have 
broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your 
Dread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again 
by weight : and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied. 27 And if 
ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary 
to me : 28 Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury ; 
and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins. 29 
And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your 
daughters shall ye eat. ^30 And I will destroy your high 
places, and cut down your images, and cast your carcasses 
upon the carcasses of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 
31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanc- 
tuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your 
sweet odors. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation : 
and your enemies which dwell therein shall be astonished at 
it. 33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will 
draw out a sword after you : and your land shall be desolate, 
and your cities waste. 34 Then shall the land enjoy her sab- 
baths, a:, long as it lieth desolate, and ye he in your enemies' 
land : evsn then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths. 
35 As lonr as it lieth desolate it shall rest ; because it did not 
rest in jf^oc sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it. 36 And upon 
them that are left alive of you, I will send a faintness into 
their hearts in the lands of their enemies ; and the sound of a 
shaken leaf shall chase them ; and they shall flee, as fleeing 
^rom a sword ; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 37 
4nd they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a 
tword, when none pursueth : and ye shall have no power to 
stand before your enemies. 38 And ye shall perish among 
the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up. 
3D And they that are left of you shall pine away in their ini- 
quity in your enemies' lands ; and also in the iniquities of their 
fathers shall they pine away with them. 

Dt. 4: 25 When thou shalt beget children, and children's 
children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and 
shall corrupt yourselves^ and make a graven image, or the like- 
ness of any thing ^ and shall do evil in the sight of the Lord 
thy God, to provoke him to anger, 26 I call heaven and earth 
to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly per- 

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Threats to the Disobedient. 



ish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess 
it: ye shall not prolong your days \3p0n it, but shall utterly be 
destroyed. 27 And the Lord shall scatter you among the 
nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, 
whither the Lord shall lead you. — 28: 15 It shall come to 
pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes 
which I command thee this day ; that all these curses skall 
come upon thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou he in the city, and 
cursed shalt thou he in the field. 17 Cursed shall he thy bas- 
ket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall he the fruit of thy body, 
and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the 
flocks of thy sheep. 19 Cuv^edi shalt thou^e when thou comest 
in, and cursed shalt thou he when thou goest out. 20 The 
Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in 
all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be de- 
stroyed, and until thou perish quickly : because of the wicked- 
ness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsaken me. 21 The 
Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have 
consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess 
it. 22 The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, 
and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with 
an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blast- 
ing, and with mildew: and they shall pursue thee until 
thou perish. 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall 
be brass, and the earth that is unde'^ thee shall he iron. 24 
The Lord shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust : 
from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be de- 
stroyed. 25 The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before 
thine enemies : thou shalt go out one way against them, and 
flee seven ways before them; and shalt be removed into 
aU the kingdoms of the earth. 83 The fruit of thy land, and 
all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up : 
and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. 37 And thou 
shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among 
all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee. 38 Thou shalt car- 
ry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather hut little in : 
for the locust shall consume it. 39 Thou shalt plant vineyards 
and dress them^ but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather 
the grapes : for the worms shall eat them. 40 Thou shalt have 
olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint 
thyself with the oil ; for thine olive shall cast his fruit, 41 
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy 
them : for they shall go into captivity. 42 All thy trees and 
fruit of thy land shall the locusts consume. 43 The stranger 
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Threats to the Disobedient. 



that IS within thee shall get up above thee very high ; and thou 
shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and 
thou shalt not lend to him : he shall be the head, and thou shalt 
be the tail. 45 Moreover, all these curses shall come upon 
thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be de- 
stroyed : because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes 
which he commanded thee. 46 And they shall be upon thee 
for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever. 47 
Because thou servedstnot the Lord thy God with joy fulness and 
with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things ; 48 
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall 
send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, 
and in want of all things : and he shall put a yoke of iron upon 
thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. bd> If thou wilt not 
observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this 
book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, 
THE LORD THY GOD; 59 Then the Lord will make 
thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great 
plagues, and of long continuante, and sore sicknesses, and of 
long continuance. 62 And ye shall be left fev/ in number, 
whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude ; because 
thou wouldest not obey the voice of the Lord thy God. 63 
And it shall come to pass, that as the Lord rejoiced over you 
to do you good, and to multiply you ; so the Lord will rejoice 
over you to destroy you and to bring you to nought ; and ye 
shall be plucked from off the land Vv^'hither thou goest to possess 
it. 66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee : and thou 
shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy 
life : 67 In the morning thou shalt say. Would God it were 
even ! and at even thou shalt say. Would God it v>^ere morn- 
ing ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and 
for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see. 

2 Ch. 24: 20 And the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah 
the son of Jehoiada the priest, which stood above the people, 
and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the 
commandments of the Lord, that ye cannot prosper ? because 
ye have forsaken the Lord, he hath also forsaken you. 21 
And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at 
the commandment of the king, in the court of the house of the 
Lord. 22 Thus Joash the kins^ remembered not the kindness 
which Jahoiada his father had done to him, but slew his son. 
And when he died, he said. The Lord look upon it^ and re- 
quire it, 23 And it came to pass at the end of the year, that 
the host of Syria came up agamst him: and they came to 

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Threats to the Disobedient. 



Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the 
people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them 
unto the king of Damascus. 24 For the army of the Syrians 
came with a small company of men, and the Lord delivered a 
very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the 
Lord God of their fathers. So they executed judgment 
against Joash. 

JSTeh. 9: 25 They took strong cities, and a fat land, and pos- 
sessed houses full ofall goods, wells digged, vineyards and olive- 
yards, and fruit-trees in abundance : so they did eat, and were 
filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great 
goodness. 26 Nevertheless, they were disobedient, and re- 
belled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and 
slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn them to 
thee, and they wrought great provocations. 27 Therefore thou 
deliveredst them into the hand of their enemies, who vexed 
them : and in the time of their trouble, when they cried unto 
thee, thou heardest them from heaven ; and according to thy 
manifold mercies thou gavest them saviours, who saved them 
out of the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, 
they did evil again before thee : therefore leftest thou them in 
the hand of their enemies, so that^ they had the dominion over 
them : yet when they returned and cried unto thee, thou heard- 
est them from heaven ; and many times didst thou deliver them 
according to thy mercies : 29 And testifiedst against them, that 
thou mightest bring them again unto thy law : yet they dealt 
proudly, and hearkened not unto thy commandments, but 
sinned against thy judgments, (which if a man do, he shall live 
in them ;) and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, 
and would not hear. 30 Yet many years didst thou forbear 
them, and testifiedst against them by thy Spirit in thy pro- 
phets : yet w^ould they not give ear : therefore gavest thou 
I hem into the hand of the people of the lands. 

Jer. 44: 6 My fury and mine anger was poured forth, and 
was kindled in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusa- 
lem ; and they are wasted and desolate, as at this day. 7 There- 
fore now thus saith the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of 
Israel ; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your 
souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, 
out of Judah, to leave you none to remain : 8 In that ye pro- 
voke me unto wrath with the works of your hands, burning in- 
cense unto other gods in the land of Egypt, whither ye be gone 
to dwell, that ye might cut yourselves off, and that ye might 
be a curse and a reproach among all the nations of the earth ? 
9 Have ye forgotten the wickediesss of your fathers, and the 
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NETJTRALITT OPPRESSION. 487, 488 

Neutrality to Christ impossible — Specimens of Oppression. 

wickedness of the kings of Judah, and the wickedness of their 
wives, and your own wickedness, and the wickedness of your 
wives, which they have committed in the land of Judah, and 
in the streets of Jerusalem ? 10 They are not humbled even 
unto this day, neither have they feared, nor walked in my law, 
nor in my statutes, that I set before you and before your 
fathers. 11 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
of Israel ; Behold, I will set my face against you for evil, and 
to cut off all Judah. 

Ezk. 39: 23 The heathen shall know that the house of Israel 
went into captivity for their iniquity : because they trespassed 
against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them 
into the hand of their enemies : so fell they all by the sword. 
[Lev. 26: 14—39. Dt. 28: 15—67. Neh. 9: 27—30. Jer. 
25: 8—14, and 44: 6—11.] 

[See 87, 303, 362, 381, 566, 630, 733, and Threats, in the 
Index.] 



NEUTRALITY. 

487. Neutrality towards Christ and his cause apparent^ not real. 

1 K. 18: 21 Elijah came unto aU the people, and said. How 
long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord he God, follow 
him : but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered 
him not a word. 

Mat. 12: 30 He that is not with me, is against me; and he 
that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad. 

Mk. 9: 40 He that is not against us, is on our part. 

Rev. 3: 15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor 
liot : I would thou wert cold or hot. 1 6 Because thou art 
lukewarm^ and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my 
mouth. 



OPPRESSION. 
488. Specimens of ancient oppression. 

Ex. 5: 15 Then the officers of the children of Israel came 
and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus 
with thy servants ? 16 There is no straw given unto thy ser- 
vants, and they say to us, Make brick : and behold, thy servants 
are beaten ; but the fault is in thine own people. 17 But he 
said. Ye are idle, ye are idle : therefore ye say, Let us go, and 
do sacrifice to the Lord. 18 Go therefore now, and work: 

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489, 490 OPPRESSION. 



Effects of — God hates it. 



for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the 
tale of bricks. 19 And the officers of the children of Israel 
did see that they were in evil case^ after it was said, Ye shall 
not minish aught from your bricks of your daily task. 

E^k. 22: 27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves 
ravening the prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get 
dishonest gain. 28 And her prophets have daubed them with 
untempered mortar^ seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord God, when the Lord hath not 
spoken. 29 The people of the land have used op])ression, and 
exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : yea, 
they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully, 

Mic. 3: 2 Who hate the good, and love the evil ; who pluck 
off their skin from off them, and their flesh from off their 
bones ; 3 Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their 
skin from off them ; and they break their bones, and chop them 
in pieces, as for the pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 

Nah. 3: 1 Wo to the bloody city ! it is all full of lies and 
robbery; the prey departeth not. [See 200(7), 681, 682.] 

489. Effects of oppression upon oppressors. 

Pr. 21: 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them ; 
because they refuse to do judgment. 

Is. 30: 12 Thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye 
despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and 
stay thereon: 13 Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a 
breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose break- 
ing eometh suddenly at an instant, [See 733.] 

490. God notices and hates oppressors — Threats. 

Ex. 3: 7 The Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction 
of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by 
reason of their taskmasters ; for I know their sorrows : 9 Now 
therefore, behold, the cry of the children of Israel is come unto 
me : and I have also seen the oppression wherewith the Egyp- 
tians oppress them. 

Job 27: 13 This is the portion of a wicked man with God, 
and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of 
the Almighty. 14 If his children be multiplied, it is for the 
sword : and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. 

Ps. 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of 
the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in 
safety /rom him that puffeth at him. — 72: 4 He shall judge the 
poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and 
shall break in pieces the oppressor, 
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OPPRESSION. 490 



God hates it — Threats. 



Pr. 14: 31 He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his 
Maker : but he that honoreth hhn hath mercy on the poor. 

Ec. 5: 8 If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and vio- 
lent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel 
not at the matter : ioY he that is higher than the highest regai'd- 
eth ; and there be higher than they. 

Is. 61: 8 For I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery for 
burnt-offering. 

Jer. 5: 27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full 
of deceit : therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. 
28 They are waxen fat, they shine : yea, they overpass the 
deeds of the wicked : they judge not the cause, the cause of 
the fatherless, yet they prosper ; and the right of the needy do 
they not judge. 29 Shall I not visit for these things ? saith 
the Lord : shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as 
this ? 

Ezk. 18: 10 If he beget a son that is a robber, a shedder of 
blood, and that doeth the like to any one of these things, 12 
Hath oppressed the poor and needy, hath spoiled by violence, 
hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the 
idols, hath committed abomination, 13 Hath given forth upon 
usury, and hath taken increase : shall he then live ? he shall 
not live : he hath done all these abominations ; he shall surely 
die ; his blood shall be upon him. — 22: 12 In thee have they 
taken gifts to shed blood ; thou hast taken usury and increase, 
and thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion, 
and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. 13 Behold, there- 
fore I have smitten mine hand at thy dishonest gain which 
thou hast made, and at thy blood which hath been in the midst 
of thee. 14 Can thy heart endure, or can thy hands be strong, 
in the days that I shall deal with thee ? I the Lord have 
spoken it, and wiU do it. ^9 The people of the land have 
used oppression, and exercised robbery, and have vexed the 
poor and needy : yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrong- 
fully. 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon 
them ; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath : their 
own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord 
God. 

Jam. 2: 13 He shall have judgment without mercy that hath 
shewed no mercy ; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment. — 
5: 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped down 
your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; and 
the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears 
of the Lord of Sabaoth. [See 523, G36, 679.] 

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491 — 494 PAKENTS. 



To set an example, instruct and govern. 



491. Infatuation of oppressors. 

Ec. 7: 7 Surely oppression maketh a wise man mad. 
Am. 3: 10 They know not to do right, saith the Lord, who 
store up violence and robbery in their palaces. [See 707.] 

PAKENTS. 

492. Parents should set a good example. 

Jos. 24: 15 As for me and my house, we will serve the 
Lord. 

Ps. 101: 2 I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. 
when wilt thou come unto me ? I will walk within my 
house with a perfect heart. 

Tit. 2: 7 Li all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works. 
[See 178.] 

493. Parents should instrmt and govern their children. 

Ex. 10: 2 That thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and 
of thy son's son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my 
signs which I have done among them ; that ye may know how 
that I am the Lord. 

Dt. 6: 6 These words which I command thee this day, shall 
be in thine heart : 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto 
thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine 
house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest 
down, and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them 
for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets be- 
tween thine eyes. 9 And thou shalt write them upon the posts 
of thine house, and on thy gates. [Dt. 11: 18 — 21.] — 32: 46 
He said unto them. Set your hearts unto all the words which I 
testify among you this day, which ye shall command your chil- 
dren to observe to do, all the words of this law. 

Pr. 22: 6 Train up a child in the way he should go : and 
when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

Is. 28: 9 Whom shall he teach knowledge ? and whom shall 
he make to understand doctrine ? them that are weaned from 
the milk, and drawn from the breasts. 

Ep. 6: 4 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath : 
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

[See 48.] 

494. Parents should correct children for disobedience. 

Pr. 10: 13 A rod is for the back of him that is void of un- 
derstanding. — 13: 24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son : 
but he that loveth liim chasteneth him betimes. — 19: 18 Chas- 
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PARENTS. 495 — 497 



To provide — Parental faithfulness — Result of parental unfaithfulness. 



ten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for 
his crying. — 22:15 Foolishness is bound in the heart of a 
child ; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him. — 
23: 13 Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou 
beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. 14 Thou shalt beat 
him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell. — 26: 3 
A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's 
back. — 29: 15 The rod and reproof give wisdom : but a child 
left to himself bringeth his mother to shame. 17 Correct thy 
son, and he shall give thee rest ; yea, he shall give delight unto 
thy soul. 

Heb. 12: 9 We have had fathers of our flesh which 
corrected vs, and we gave theyn reverence : shall we not much 
rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live ? 

[See 54.] 

495. Parents should provide for their children. 

2 Cor. 12: 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to 
you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not 
yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the 
parents, but the parents for the children. 

1 Tim. 5: 8 If any provide not for his own, and especially 
for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is 
worse than an infidel. 

496. Happy result of parental faithfulness. 

Gen. 18: 19 I know him, that he will command his children 
and his household after him, and they shall keep the way 
of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lokd may 
bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him. 

Ps. 37: 26 He is ever merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is 
blessed. — 102:28 The children of thy servants shall con- 
tinue, and their seed shall be established before thee. 

Pr. 20: 7 The just man walketh in his integrity : his children 
are blessed after him. — 22: 6 Train up a child in the way he 
should go : and when he is old, he will not depart from it. 

2 Tim. 1: 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith 
that is in thee, w^hich dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and 
thy mother Eunice ; and I am persuaded that in thee also. 

[See 120.] 

497. Sad result of parental unfaithfulness — judicial visitation. 

Ex. 20: 5 I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting 
the iniquity of the fathers upon their children unto the tliird 
and fourth generaiion of them that hate me. Jer. 32: 18. 

Num. 14: 33 Your children shall wander in the wilderness 

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498 PATIENCE. 



Required. 



forty years, and bear your whoredoms, until your carcasses be 
wasted in the wilderness. 

1 S. 3: 13 I have told him, that I will judge his house for 
ever, for the iniquity which he knoweth : because his sons 
made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 1 K. 21: 21. 

1 K. 1 6: 3 Behold, I will take away the posterity of Baasha, 
and the posterity of his house ; and will make thy house like 
the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

Job 17:5 He that speaketh flattery to his friends, even the 
eyes of his children shall fail. — 21: 17 How oft is the candle 
of the wicked put out ? and how oft cometh their destruction 
upon them ? God distributeth sorrows in his anger. 18 They 
are as stubble before the wind, and as chaff that the storm 
carrieth away. 19 God layeth up his iniquity for his children : 
he rewardeth him, and he shall know it. 

Is. 14: 21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity 
of their fathers ; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, 
nor fill the face of the world with cities. 

Hos. 4: 6 Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I 
will also forget thy children. [See 733.] 



PATIENCE. 

498. Patience required. 

Ps. 37: 1 Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be 
thou envious against the workers of iniquity. 7 Rest in the 
LoBD, and wait patiently for him : fret not thyself because of 
him who prospereth in his way, because of the man who bring- 
eth wicked devices to pass. 

Lk. 21: 19 In your patience possess ye your souls. 

Pom. 2: 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-do- 
ing, seek for glory, and honor, and immortality ; eternal life. 
— 12: 12 Pejoicing in hope ; patient in tribulation: continuing 
instant in prayer. 

2 Cor. 6: 4 In all things approving ourselves as the ministers 
of God, in much patience. 

1 Th. 5: 14 We exhort you, brethren, warn them that are 
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient 
toward all men, 

Heb. 6: 12 That ye be not slothful, but followers of them 

who through faith and patience inherit the promises. — 10: 36 

Ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of 

God, ye might receive the promise. — 12: 1 Let us run with 

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PEACE. 499 

Required, encouraged, and exemplified. 

patience the race that is set before us, 2 Looking unto Jesus, 
the author and finisher of our faith. 

Jam. 1 : 4 Let patience have her perfect work, that ye may 
be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. — 5: 7 Be patient there- 
fore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord, ^eliold, the 
husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and 
hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter 
rain. 8 Be ye also patient; establish your hearts; for the 
coming of the Lord draweth nigh. 10 Take, my brethren, 
the prophets, who have spoken in the name of the Lord, for 
an example of suffering affliction, and of patience. 1 1 Behold, 
we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the 
patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord ; that the 
Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

1 Pet. 2: 20 What glory is iL if when ye be buffeted for 
your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, 
and suffer for it^ ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. 

2 Pet. 1: 5 Giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue ; 
and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowledge, temperance ; 
and to temperance, patience. [See 201, 437, 737.] 

N. B. For examples of patience, see ^2, 154, 660. 



PEACE. 

499. A peaceable and gentle spirit required^ encouraged^ and exemplijied. 

Ps. 34: 14 Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and 
pursue it. 

Pr. 15: 1 A soft answer tumeth away wrath: but grievous 
words stir up anger. 

Jer. 29: 7 Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused 
you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for 
it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 

Mat. 5: 9 Blessed are the peace-makers : for they shall be 
called the children of God. 

Rom. 12: 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with 
brotherly love ; in honor preferring one another ; 18 K it be 
possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 
— 14: 19 Let us therefore follow after the things which make 
for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another. 

1 Cor. 7: 15 God hath called us to peace. 

2 Cor. 13: 11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be perfect, be of 
good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace : and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 

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500 PEACE. 



False Peace-makers. 



Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love^ joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temper- 
ance : against such there is no law. 

Ep. 4: 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you 
that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, 
2 With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, for- 
bearing one another in love ; 3 Endeavoring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 32 And be ye kind one to 
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God 
for Christ's sake hath forgiven you. 

Ph. 2: 14 Do all things without murmurings and disputings : 
15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights in the world. 

Col. 3: 8 Now ye also put off all these ; anger, wrath, malice, 
blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 15 And 
let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye thankful. 

1 Th. 2: 7 We were gentle among you, even as a nurse 
cherisheth her children. — 5: 13 Be at peace among your- 
selves. 

2 Tim. 2: 24 And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; 
but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient ; 25 In meek- 
ness instructing those that oppose themselves. 

Heb. 12: 14 Follow peace with all 77i€n, and holiness, with- 
out which no man shall see the Lord. 

Jam. 3: 17 The wisdom that is from above is first pure, then 
peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and 
good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain liis tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile : 1 1 Let him eschew evil, and do good : let him seek 
peace, and ensue it. [See 62, 201, 437, 660, 737.] 

500. False peace-makers. 

Jer. 6: 14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter 
of my people slightly, saying. Peace, peace ; when there is no 
peace. 

Ezk. 13: 10 They have seduced my people, saying, Peace ; 
and there was no peace ; and one built up a wall, and lo, others 
daubed it with untempered mortar : 11 Say unto them which 
daub it with untempered mortar, that it shall fall : there shall 
be an overflowing shower ; and ye, O great hailstones, shall 
fall ; and a stormy wind shall rend it. [See 191.] 
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rERFECtlON. 501 

Moral Perfection required. 



PERFECTION. 
501. Commands and exhortations to he perfect in all good works. 

Mat. 5: 37 Let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, 
nay : for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. ^8 
Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and 
a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say unto you. That ye resist not 
evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn 
to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at 
the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 
41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him 
twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that 
would borrow of thee, turn not thou away. 43 Ye have heard 
that it hath been said. Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate 
thine enemy : 44 But I say unto you. Love your enemies, 
bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; 
45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in 
heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the 
good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For 
if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye ? do not 
even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your 
brethren only, what do ye more than others 1 do not even the 
publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Fa- 
ther which is in heaven is perfect. 

Rom. 12: 1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies 
of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, 
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And 
be not conformed to this world. 9 Let love be without dissim- 
ulation. Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to that which is 
good. 10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly 
love ; in honor preferring one another ; 1 1 Not slothful in 
business ; fervent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; 1 2 Rejoicing 
in hope ; patient in tribulation ; continuing instant in prayer ; 

13 Distributing to the necessity of saints ; given to hospitality. 

14 Bless them which persecute you; bless, and curse, not. 

15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that 
weep. 16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind 
not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not 
wise in your own conceits. 17 Recompense to no man evil 
for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men. 18 
If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with 
all men. 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is 

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Moral Perfection required. 



mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 20 Therefore, if thine 
enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in 
so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 21 Be not 
overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 

2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and 
spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

Ep. 4: 2d Putting away lying, speak every man truth with 
his neighbor: for we are members one of another. 26 Be ye 
angry, and sin not ; let not the sun go down upon your wrath : 
27 Neither give place to the devil. 28 Let him that stole, 
steal no more : but rather let him labor, working with his hands 
the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that 
needeth. 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of 
your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that 
it may minister grace unto the hearers. 31 Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put 
away from you, with all malice : 32 And be ye kind one to 
another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for 
Christ's sake hath forgiven you. — 5: 1 Be ye therefore fol- 
lowers of God as dear children ; 2 And walk in love, as 
Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an 
offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savor. 8 
But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not 
be once named among you, as becometh saints ; 4 Neither 
filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not conve- 
nient : but rather giving of thanks. 1 1 And have no fellow- 
ship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove 
them, 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 
but as wise. 1 6 Redeeming the time, because the days are 
evil. — 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and 
in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of 
God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but 
against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the 
darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high 
places, 13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, 
that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having 
done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt 
about with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteous- 
ness ; 15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the 
gospel of peace ; 1 6 Above all, taking the shield of faith, 
wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the 
wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword 
of the Spirit, which is the word of God: 18 Praying always 
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To be maintained by a covenant. 



with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watch- 
ing thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all 
saints. 

1 Pet. 2: 21 For even hereunto were ye called: because 
Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye 
should follow his steps : 22 Who did no sin, neither was guile 
found in his mouth. [See 285-6, 629.] 

502. Should perpetual moral jierfection he pledged in a covenant with 
God? 

Ex. 24: 7 He took the book of the covenant, and read in 
the audience of the people : and they said, All that the Lord 
hath said will we do, and be obedient. 8 And Moses took the 
blood, and sprinkled it on the people, and said. Behold the 
blood of the covenant, which the Lord hath made with you 
concerning all these words. 

Dt. 29: 10 Yc stand this day all of you before the Lord 
your God ; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your 
officers, with all* the men of Israel, 11 Your little ones, your 
wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer 
of thy wood, unto the drawer of thy water: 12 That thou 
shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into 
his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day: 

13 That he may establish thee to-day for a people unto him- 
self, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto 
thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to 
Isaac, and to Jacob. 

2 Ch. 15: 12 They entered into a covenant to seek the Lord 
God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul ; 

14 And they sware unto the Lord with a loud voice, and with 
shouting, and with trumpets, and with cornets. 1 5 And all 
Judah rejoiced at the oath : for they had sworn with all their 
heart, and sought him with their whole desire ; and he was 
found of them : and the Lord gave them rest round about. 
— 34: 31 And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant 
before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his 
commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all 
his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the 
covenant which are written in this book. 32 And he caused 
all that were present in Jerusalem and Benjamin to stand to it. 
And the inhabitants of Jerusalem did according to the covenant 
of God, the God of their fathers. 

Neh. 10: 29 They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and 
entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, 
which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe 

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503, 504 PERFECTION. 



Saints called perfect — Saints, objects of divine complacency. 

and do all the commandments of the Lord our Lord, and his 
judgments and his statutes. 

Ps. 7 6; 11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord your God. — 119:106 
I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy 
righteous judgments. 

Jer. 50: 5 They shall ask the way to Zion with their faces 
thitherward, saying^ Come and let us join ourselves to the Lord 
in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. 

Ezk. 20: 37 I will cause you to pass under the rod, and I 
will bring you into the bond of the covenant. [2 K. 11: 17, 
Is. bQ: 4.] [See 118.] 

503. The appellation^ ^'^ perfect^''' applied to saints. 

Gen. 6: 9 These are the generations of Noah : Noah was 
a just man, and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked 
with God. 

Job 1: 1 There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name 
was Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that 
feared God, and eschewed evil. 8 And the Lord said unto 
Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none 
like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that 
feareth God, and escheweth evil ? [Job 2: 3.] 

Ps. 37: 37 Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : 
for the end of that man is j^eace. 

Pr. 2: 21 The upright shall dwell in the land, and the per- 
fect shall remain in it. — 11: 5 The righteousness of the per- 
fect shall direct his way : but the wicked shall fall by his own 
wdckedness. 

1 Cor. 2: 6 We speak wisdom among them that are perfect : 
yet not the wisdom of this world, nor of the princes of this 
world, that come to nought. 

Ph. 3: 15 Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus 
minded : and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall 
reveal even this unto you. 

504. Do saints attain any moral perfection in which God delights 7 

Gen. 5: 24 Enoch w^alked with God, and he ivas not : for 
God took him. 

Jos. 14: 14 Hebron therefore became the inheritance of Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite unto this day ; because that 
he wholly followed the Lord God of Israel. 

2 K. 20: 3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember now how I 
have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and 
have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah 
wept sore. 

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PERFECTION. 505 



True love, not sinful. 



Ps. 11: 7 The righteous Lord loveth righteousness; his 
countenance doth behold the upright. — 45: 13 The King's 
daughter is all glorious within : her clothing is of wrought gold. 
— 119: 1 Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in 
the law of the Lord. — 147: 11 The Lord taketh pleasure in 
them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. 

Pr. 8: 17 I love them that love me : and those that seek me 
early shall find me. — 11: 20 They that are of a fro ward heart 
are abomination to the Lord : but such as are upright in their 
way are his delight. 

Jn. 13: 34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye 
love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one 
another. — 16: 27 The Father himself loveth you, because ye 
have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. 

Rom. 13: 8 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: 
for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 10 Love 
worketh no iU to his neiorhbor : therefore love is the fulfillinsr 
of the law. 

1 Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and 
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that 
believe. 

1 Jn. 3: 3 Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth 
himself, even as he is pure. — 4: 12 No man hath seen God at 
any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his 
love is perfected in us. 17 Herein is our love made perfect, 
that we may have boldness in the day of judgment; because as 
he is, so are we in this world. 

Rev. 19: 8 To her was granted that she should be arrayed in 
fine linen, clean and white : for the fine linen is the righteousness 
of saints. [See 94, 505, 584-5, 659, 672.] 



505. Can the ^'perfect love'''' of saints he blended with sin'? 

Ps. 119: 2 Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and 
that seek him with the whole heart. 3 They also do no iniquity : 
they walk in his ways. 

Ezk. 36: 26 I will take away the stony heart out of your 
flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh. 

Mat. 6: 24 No man can serve two masters : for either he 
will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to 
the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

Rom. 13: 10 Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore 
love is the fulfilling of the law. 

Gal. 5: 16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall 
not fulfil the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusteth against 

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^6, 507 PEBFECTIOTT. 

Millennial perfection — Inconstant perfection of saints. 

the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : and these are con- 
trary the one to the other. 

1 Jn. 2: 15 If any man love the world, the love of the Father 
is not in him. — 3:6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not. 
9 Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin ; for his 
seed remaineth in him ; and he cannot sin, because he is born 
of God. — 4: 18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love 
casteth out fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth, 
is not made perfect in love. [See 503.] 

506. Millennial perfection. 

Dt. 30: 6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live. 

Jer. 31: 33 This shall be the covenant that I will make with 
the house of Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, I will 
put my law in their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; 
and will be their God, and they shall be my people. — 32: 39 
And I will give them one heart and one way, that they may 
fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children 
after them : 40 And I will made an everlasting covenant with 
them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; 
but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart 
from me. — 50: 20 In those days, and in that time, saith the 
Lord, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall 
he none ; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found : 
for I will pardon them whom I reserve. [See 441.] 

507. Inconstant perfection of saints in this life. 

2 Ch. 6: 36 K they sin against thee, (for the7^e is no man 
which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver 
them over before their enemies, and they carry them away 
captives unto a land far off or near. 

Job 9: 20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn 
me : If I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. — 
40: 4 Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay 
my hand upon my mouth. — 42: 5 I have heard of thee by the 
hearing of the ear: but now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore 
I abhor myself and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. 19: 12 Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me 
from secret faults, 13 Keep back thy servant also from pre- 
sumptuous sins ; let them not have dominion over me. — 38: 4 
Mine iniquities are gone over mine head : as a heavy burden 
they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, and are 
corrupt because of my foolishness. [6 — 8.] — 119: 96 I have 
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PERFECTION. 808 



Inconstant perfection — Afflictions. 



seen an end of all perfection. : hut thy commandment is exceed- 
ing broad. 

Pr. 20: 9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am 
pure from my sin ? 

Ec. 7: 20 There is not a just man upon earth, that doeth 
good and sinneth not. 

Is. 6: 5 Then said I, Wo is me ! for I am undone ; because 
I ayn a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a 
people of unclean lips : for mine eyes have seen the King, the 
Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 6: 12 Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 
— 26: 72 Again he denied with an oath, I do not know the 
man. 73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, 
and said to Peter, Surely thou also art one of them ; for thy 
speech bewrayeth thee. 74 Then began he to curse and to 
swear, saying, I know not the man. 

Rom. 7: 1 4 We know that the law is spiritual : but I am 
carnal, sold under sin. 15 For that which I do, I allow 
not : for what I would, that do I not ; but what I hate, that 
do I. [Verses 16—25.] 

Gal. 5: 17 The flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit 
against the flesh : and these are contrary the one to the other ; 
so that ye cannot do the things that ye would. 

Ph. 3:12 Not as though I had already attained, either were 
already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend 
that for Avhich also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 

Jam. 3: 2 In many things we offend all. If any man offend 
not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle 
the whole body. 

1 Jn. 1: 8 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive our- 
selves, and the truth is not in us. [See 166, 663.] 

508. Real saints subjected to occasional afflictions and chastisements. 

Heb. 12: 5 Ye have forgotten the exhortation which speak- 
eth unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the 
chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked 
of him: 6 For w4iom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and 
scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. 7 K ye endure 
chastening, God dealeth with you as with sons : for what son 
is he whom the father chasteneth not ? 8 But if ye be without 
chastisement, \vhereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, 
and not sons. 

Rev. 3: 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be 
zealous therefore, and repent. [See 2, 3, 4.] 

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509 — 511 PERFECTION — PERSECUTTON. 



Self-deceived Perfectionists — Persecution for Righteousness' sake. 

509. Would God afflict his people, had they attained permanent morai 
perfection ? 

Job 36: 8 If they he bound in fetters, and be holden in cords 
of affliction ; 9 Then he sheweth them their work, and their 
transgressions that thej have exceeded. 

Is. 27: 7 Hath he smitten him, as he smote those that smote 
him ? or is he slain according to the slaughter of them that are 
slain by him ? 9 By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob 
be purged ; and this is all the fruit to take away his sin. 

Lam. 3: 32 Though he cause grief, yet will he have compas- 
sion according to the multitude of his mercies. 33 For he doth 
not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men. 

Heb. 12: 10 They verily for a few days chastened us after 
their own pleasure : but he for our profit, that we might be 
partakers of his holiness. 

510. Self-deceived perfectionists. 

Pr. 30: 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own 
eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. 

Mat. 19: 20 The young man saith unto him. All these things 
have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 21 Jesus 
said unto him. If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou 
hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come and follow me. 22 But when the young 
man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful : for he had 
great possessions. [See 696, 703-4.] 

PERSECUTION. 

511. The righteous reproached and per seceded. 

Neh. 4: 4 Hear, O our God ; for we are despised. 

Job 16: 10 They have gaped upon me with their mouth; 
they have smitten me upon the cheek reproachfully ; they have 
gathered themselves together against me. 

Ps. 14: 4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge ? 
who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the 
Lord. — 22: 6 I am a worm, and no man ; a reproach of 
men, and despised of the people. 7 All they that see me 
laugh me to scorn : they shoot out the lip, they shake the 
head, saying^ 8 He trusted on the Lord that he would deli- 
ver him : let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. — 
31: 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but espe- 
cially among my neighbors, and a fear to mine acquaintance : 
they that did see me without fled from me. 13 For I have 
heard the slander of many : fear was on every side : while 
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PERSECUTION. 511 



For Righteousness' sake. 



they took counsel together against me, they devised to take 
away my life. — 42: 10 As with a sword in my bones, mine 
enemies reproach me ; while they say daily unto me, Where 
IS thy God ? — 44: 22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the 
day long ; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter. — 64: 2 
Hide me from the secret counsel of the wacked ; from the 
insurrection of the workers of iniquity : 3 Who whet their 
tongue like a sword, a?id bend their bows to shoot their arrows, 
even bitter words : 4 That they may shoot in secret at the 
perfect : suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not. — 69: 4 
They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of 
mine head : they that w^ould destroy me, hein^ mine enemies 
wrongfully, are mighty : then I restored that which I took not 
away. 7 Because for thy sake I have borne reproach: shame 
hath covered my face. 8 I am become a stranger unto my 
brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children. 9 For the 
zeal of thine house hath eaten me up ; and the reproaches of 
them that reproached thee are fallen upon me. 10 When I 
wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my 
reproach. 19 Thou hast known my reproach, and my shame, 
and my dishonor: mine adversaries ai^e all before thee. 20 
Reproach hath broken my heart ; and I am full of heaviness : 
and I looked for some to take pity, but there was none ; and 
for comforters, but I found none. — 79: 4 We are become a 
reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that 
are round about us. — 89: 50 Remember, Lord, the reproach 
of thy servants ; how I do bear in my bosom the reproach of 
all the mighty people ; 51 Wherewith thine enemies have 
reproached, O Lord ; wherewith they have reproached the 
footsteps of thine anointed. — 102: 8 Mine enemies reproach 
me all the day ; and they that are mad against me are sworn 
against me. 

Dan. 7: 25 He shall speak great w^ords against the Most 
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and 
think to change times and laws: and-they shall be given into 
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 

Jn. 10: 20 And many of them said. He [Christ] hath a 
devil, and is mad ; why hear ye him ? 

Heb. 11: 36 Others had trial of cruel mockings and scourg- 
ings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment : 37 They 
were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, w^ere 
slain wath the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins, and 
goat-skins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom 
the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in 
mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 

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612, 513 PERSECUTION. 

Ultimate Triumph of the Persecuted — Persecutors abased. 

Rev. 7: 14 I said unto him, Sir, Thou knowest. And he said 
to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and 
have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of 
the Lamb. [See 68, 86, 467, 740.] 

512. Ultimate triumph of tJiose persecuted for righteousness'' sake. 

Ps. 64: 10 The righteous shall be glad in the Lord, and 
shall trust in him ; and all the upright in heart shall glory. — 
68: 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, ^et shall ye he as 
the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with 
yellow gold. 

Mat. 5: 10 Blessed are they which are persecuted for right- 
eousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 
Blessed are ye when men shall revile you, and persecute you^ 
and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my 
sake. 12 Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great 25 your 
reward in heaven : for so persecuted they the prophets which 
were before you. 

Rom. 8: 17 If children, then heirs : heirs of God, and joint- 
heirs with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him.^ that we 
may be also glorified together. 18 For I reckon, that the suf- 
ferings of this present time are not worthy to he compared with 
the glory which shall be revealed in us. 

2 Tim. 2: 12 K we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if 
we deny him^ he also will deny us. 

1 Pet. 4: 12 Beloved, think it not strange concerning the 
fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing 
happened unto you: 13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are par- 
takers of Christ's sufferings ; that, when his glory shall be 
revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy. 14 If ye 
be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye ; for the 
Spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you. On their part 
he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. 

Rev. 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, 
and the song of the Lamb. [See 4, 337.] 

513. God will abase persecutors. 

Ps. 37: 12 The wicked plotteth against the just, and gnash- 
eth upon him with his teeth. 13 The Lord shall laugh at 
him : for he seeth that his day is coming. 14 The wicked 
have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast 
down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright 
conversation. 15 Their sword shall enter into their own 
heart, and their bows shall be broken. — 47: 3 He shall subdue 
the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 
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PEltSE€TJTlON. 518 



Persecntors abased. 



Is. 41: 11 Behold, all they that were incensed against thee 
shall be ashamed and confounded : they shall be as nothing ; 
and they that strive with thee shall perish. [12.] — 51: 7 
Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in 
whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, 
neither be ye afraid of their revilings. 8 For the moth shall 
eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like 
wool. — 54: 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall 
prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judg- 
ment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants 
of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. 
60: 14 The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come 
bending unto thee : and all they that despised thee shall bow 
themselves down at the soles of thy feet. — 66: 5 Hear the 
word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word ; Your brethren 
that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said. Let 
the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, and 
they shall be ashamed. 

Jer. 20: 1 1 The Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one : 
therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not pre- 
vail; they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: 
their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. 

Mic. 7: 9 I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because 
I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and 
execute judgment for me : he will bring me forth to the 
light, ond I shall behold his righteousness. 10 Then she 
that is mine enemy shall see it, and shame shall cover her, 
which said unto me. Where is the Lord thy God ? mine eyes 
shall behold her : now shall she be trodden down as the mire 
of the streets. 

Mai. 4: 2 Unto you that fear my name, shall the Sun of 
righteousness arise with healing in his wings ; and ye shall 
go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall. 3 And ye shall 
tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles 
of your feet in the day that 1 shall do this, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

Kom. 16: 20 The God of peace shall bruise Satan under 
your feet shortly. 

2 Th. 1: 4 We ourselves glory in you in the churches of 
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and 
tribulations that ye endure : 5 Which is a manifest token of 
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy 
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : 6 Seeing it 
is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them 
that trouble you ; 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with 

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514 PERSETERANOE. 



Indispensable. 



US, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with 
his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on 
them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

Rev. 3: 9 Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of 
Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, 
I will make them to come and worship before thy feet, and to 
know that I have loved thee. — 18: 20 Rejoice over her, thou 
heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath 
avenged you on her. — 19:3 And again they said, Alleluia. 
And her smoke rose up for ever and ever. 

[See 87, 525, 550, 573,(7.)] 

PEESEYERANCE. 
514. Perseverance in holiness indispensable. 

Mat. 10: 22 Ye shall be hated of all men for my name's 
sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. [Mat. 
24: 13.] 

Jn. 15: 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a 
branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. 

Rom. 2: 6 Who will render to every man according to his 
deeds : 7 To them who by patient continuance in well-doing, 
seek for glory, and honor, and immortality; eternal life. 

1 Cor. 9: 27 I keep under my body, and bring it into sub- 
jection: lest that by any means when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast-away. — 10: 12 Let him that 
thinketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall. 

Col. 1: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, 
and he not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye 
have heard, and which was preached to every creature which 
is under heaven ; whereof I Paul am made a minister. 

Heb. 3: 6 Christ as a Son over his ov/n house : whose 
house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing 
of the hope firm unto the end. 12 Take heed, brethren, lest 
there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing 
from the living God. 1 3 But exhort one another daily, while 
it is called Today ; lest any of you be hardened through the 
deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, 
if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the 
end. — 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us 
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short 
of it. 1 1 Let us labor therefore to enter into that rest, lest any 
man fall after the same example of unbelief. 
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PERSEVERANCE. 515 



Predicted and Promised. 



2 Pet. 1. 10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence 
to make your calling and election sure : for if ye do these things, 
ye shall never fall. 

Rev. 2: 10 Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee 
a crown of life. 1 1 He that hath an ear, let him hear what 
the Spirit saith unto the churches ; He that overcometh, shall 
not be hurt of the second death. 17 He that hath an ear, let 
him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches : To him that 
overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will 
give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, 
which no man knoweth, saving he that receiveth it 26 And 
he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to 
him will I give power over the nations. — 21:7 He that over- 
cometh shall inherit all things ; and I will be his God, and he 
shall be my son. [Rev. 3: 5, 12: 21, and 2: 7.] 

[See 19, 20, 540.] 

515. Predictions and promises of saints perseverance. 

Job 17: 9 The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he 
that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger. 

Ps. 37: 23 The steps of a good man are ordered by the 
Lord : and he delighteth in his way. 24 Though he fall, he 
shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him 
with his hand. — 89: 30 K his children forsake my law, and 
walk not in my judgments ; 31 If they break my statutes, 
and keep not my commandments ; 32 Then will I visit their 
transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. 33 
Nevertheless, my loving kindness will I not utterly take from 
him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. 34 My covenant will 
I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips. 35 
Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto 
Da\dd. 36 His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as 
the sun before me. 37 It shall be established for ever as the 
moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. 

Pr. 4: 18 The path of the just is as the shining light, that 
shineth more and more unto the perfect day. 

Is. 54: 10 The mountains shall depart, and the hills be 
removed; but my kindness shall not depart from thee, neither 
shall the covenant of my peace be removed, saith the Lord, 
that hath mercy on thee. — 55: 3 Incline your ear, and 
come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live : and 1 will 
make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies 
of David. 

Jer. 32: 40 I will make an everlasting covenant with them, 
that I will not turn away from them, to do them good ; but 

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615 PERSEVERANCE. 



Promised aud predicted. 



I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart 
from me. 

Mat. 24: 24 There shall arise false Christs, and false 
prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders ; insomuch 
that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 

Jn. 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only 
begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not 
perish, but have everlasting life. 36 He that believeth on the 
Son hath everlasting life : and he that believeth not the Son 
shall not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him. — 
5: 24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, 
and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and 
shall not come into condemnation ; but is passed from death 
unto life. — 6: 39 This is the Father's will which hath sent me, 
that of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but 
should raise it up again at the last day. 40 And this is the 
will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, 
and believeth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will 
raise him up at the last day. 47 Yerily, verily, I say unto 
you. He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. 51 I am 
the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man 
eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the bread that I 
will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. 
54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eter- 
nal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. — 10: 27 My 
sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : 
28 And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never 
perish, neither shall any pluck them out of my hand. 29 My 
Father, which gave them me, is greater than all ; and none is 
able to pluck theyn out of my Father's hand. 

Rom. 8: 30 Whom he did predestinate, them he also called ; 
and whom he called, them he also justified : and whom he jus- 
tified, them he also glorified. 38 For I am persuaded, that 
neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, 
nor things present, nor things to come, 39 Nor height, nor 
depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from 
the love of God which is in Christ Jesus, our Lord. 

Ph. 1: 6 Being confident of this very thing, that he which 
hath begun a good work in you, will perform it until the day 
of Jesus Christ. 

2 Th. 2: 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel, to the 
obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Heb. 6: 19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, 
both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within 
the vail. 

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PERSEVEKANCE. 516 



Christ's intercession for Saints'. 



2 Tim. 4: 18 The Lord shall deliver me from every evil 
work, and will preserve me unto liis heavenly kingdom ; to 
whom he glory for ever and ever. 

1 Pet. 1: 3 Blessed he the God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which, according to his abundant mercy, hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of 
Jesus Christ from the dead, 4 To an inheritance incorruptible, 
and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven 
for you, 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith 
unto salvation, ready to be revealed in the last time. 9 Receiv- 
ing the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls. 

1 Jn. 5: 18 We know that whosoever is born of God, sin- 
neth not ; but he that is begotten of God, keepeth himself, and 
that wicked one toucheth him not. [See 95, 667.] 

516. Chrisfs intercession for the saints. 

Lk. 22: 31 The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath 
desired to have you, that he may sift i/ou as wheat : 32 But I 
have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not : and when thou 
art converted, strengthen thy brethren. 

Jn. 17: 9 I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for 
them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. 10 And 
all mine are thine, and thine are mine ; and I am glorified in 
them. 1 1 And now I am no more in the world, but these are 
in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may 
be one, as we are, 12 While I was with them in the world, I 
kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, 
and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the 
scripture might be fulfilled. 13 And nov/ come I to thee, and 
these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy 
fulfilled in themselves. 14 I have given them thy word ; and 
the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, 
even as I ^ am not of the world. 15 I pray not that thou 
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldesfc 
keep them from the eviL 16 They are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them through thy 
truth: thy word is truth. 18 As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them into the world. 19 And 
for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanc- 
tified through the truth. 20 Neither pray I for these alone ; 
but for them also which shall believe on me through their word : 
21 That they all may be one ; as thou. Father, art in me, and 
1 in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may 
believe that thou hast sent me. 

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517, 518 PERSEVERANCE — POPERT. 

Sealing of the Spirit — Popery predicted. 

Rom. 8: 34 Who 7*5 he that condemn eth ? It is [is it] Christ 
that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the 
right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 

Heb. 7: 25 He is able also to save them to the uttermost 
that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make in- 
tercession for them. — 9: 24 Christ is not entered into the holy 
places made with hands, which are the figures of the true ; but 
into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us. 

517. " Sealing " and " earnest of the Spirit^ 

Rom. 8: 23 Not only they, but ourselves also, which have the 
first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within our- 
selves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our 
body. 

2 Cor. 1: 21 He which establisheth us with you in Christ, 
and hath anointed us, is God; 22 Who hath 'also sealed us, 
and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. — 5: 5 He that 
hath wrought us for the selfsame thing is God, who also hath 
given unto us the earnest of the Spirit. 

Ep. 1: 13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the 
word of truth, the gospel of your salvation : in whom also, 
after that ye believed, ye were sealed with the Holy Spirit of 
promise, 14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the 
redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his 
glory. — 4: 30 Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God, whereby ye 
are sealed unto the day of redemption. 

2 Tim. 2: 19 The foundation of God standeth sure, having 
this seal. The Lord knoweth them that are his. [See 21.] 

POPERY. 
.518. Popery or the Romish hierarchy predicted. 

Dan. 7: 8 I considered the horns, and behold, there came up 
among them another little horn, before whom there were three 
of the first horns plucked up by the roots : and behold, in this 
horn loere eyes like the eyes of man, and a mouth speaking 
great things. 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are 
ten kings that shall arise : and another shall rise after them ; 
and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three 
kings. 25 And he shall speak great words against the Most 
High, and shall wear out the saints of the Most High, and 
think to change times and laws : and they shall be given into 
his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time. 2f 
But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his domin 
ion to consume and to destory it unto the end. 
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POPERY. 518 



Popery predicted. 



2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, 
and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 4 Who 
opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or 
that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, sitteth in the temple of 
God, shewing himself that he is God. 5 Remember ye not, 
that when I was yet with you, I told you these things ? 6 And 
now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in 
his time. 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work : 
only he who now letteth will let, until he be taken out of the 
way. 8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord 
shall consume wdth the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy 
with the brightness of his coming : 9 jEJven Mm, whose coming 
is after the working of Satan, with all power, and signs, and 
lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness of unright- 
eousness in them that perish ; because they received not the 
love of the truth, that they might be saved. 

1 Tim. 4: 1 The Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter 
times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing 
spirits, and doctrines of devils ; 2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy, 
having their conscience seared with a hot iron ; 3 Forbidding to 
marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath 
created to be received with thanksodvino; of them which believe 
and know the truth. 

Rev. 13: 11 I beheld another beast coming up out of the 
earth, and he had two horns like a lamb, and he spake as 
a dragon. 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first 
beast before him, and causeth the earth and them which dwell 
therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was 
healed. 13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he mak- 
eth fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of 
men, 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the 
means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight 
of the beast ; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they 
should make an image to the beast, w^hich had the wound by a 
sword, and did live. 15 And he had power to give life unto 
the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both 
speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image 
of the beast should be killed. 1 6 And he causeth all, both 
smaU and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark 
in their right hand, or in their foreheads; 17 And that no 
man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name 
of the beast, or the number of his name. 18 Here is wisdom. 
Let him that hath understanding: count the number of the 
beast : for it is the number of a man ; and his number is Six 

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519 POPERY. 



Its vain Pretence respecting Peter. 



hundred threescore and six. — 17: 1 There came one of the 
seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, 
saying unto me. Come hither ; I will shew unto thee the judg- 
ment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters ; 2 
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, 
and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with 
the wine of her fornication. 3 So he carried me away in the 
spirit into the wilderness : and I saw a woman sit upon a 
scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven 
heads and ten horns. 4 And the woman was arrayed in pur- 
ple and scarlet-color, and decked with gold and precious stones 
and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abomina- 
tions and iilthiness of her fornication : 5 And upon her fore- 
head ivas a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE 
GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOM- 
INATIONS OF THE EARTH. 6 And I saw the woman 
drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of 
the martyrs of Jesus : and when I saw her, I wondered with 
great admiration. 7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore 
didst thou marvel ? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, 
and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven 
heads, and ten horns. 18 And the woman which thou 
sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of 
the earth. 

519. Was Peter made head of the apostles, or universal bishop 7 

Mat. 16: 23 He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee 
behind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : for thou savor- 
est not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. — 
20: 25 Jesus called them unto Mm^ and said, Ye know that the 
princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they 
that are great exercise authority upon them. 26 But it shall 
not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, 
let him be your minister ; 27 And whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant : 28 Even as the Son of 
man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to 
give his life a ransom for many. 

Ac. 8: 14 When the apostles which were at Jerusalem 
heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they 
sent unto them Peter and John : 15 Who, when they were 
come down, prayed for them that they might receive the Holy 
Ghost. — 15: 6 The apostles and elders came together for to 
consider of this matter. 7 And when there had been much 
disputing, Peter rose up and said unto them. Men and brethren, 
ye know how that a good while ago, God made choice among 
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POPERY. 520 



Dreadful end of. 



US, that the Gentiles, by my mouth, should hear the word of 
the gospel, and believe. 12 Then all the multitude kept 
silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring 
what miracles. and wonders God had wrought among the Gen- 
tiles by them. 1 3 And after they had held their peace, James 
answered, saying. Men and brethren, hearken unto me. 14 
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gen- 
tiles, to take out of them a people for his name. 15 And to 
this agree the words of the prophets ; as it is written, 1 6 After 
this I will return, and will build again the tabernacle of David 
which is fallen down ; and I will build again the ruins thereof, 
and I will &et it up: 17 That the residue of men might seek 
after the Lord, and all the Gentiles, upon whom my name is 
called, saith the Lord, who doeth all these things. 18 Known 
unto God are all his works from the beginning of the world. 
19 Wherefore my sentence is, that we trouble not them, 
which from among the Gentiles are turned to God : 20 But 
that we write unto them that they abstain from pollutions of 
idols, and/rom fornication, and/rom things strangled, andyVom 
blood. 

1 Pet. 5: 1 The elders which are among you I exhort, who 
am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and 
also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed. 

520. Dreadful end of Popery, 

Dan. 7:111 beheld then because of the voice of the great 
words which the horn spake : I beheld even till the beast was 
slain, and his body destroyed, and given to the burning flame. 
26 But the judgment shall sit, and they shall take away his 
dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end. 

2 Th. 2: 8 Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the 
Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall de- 
stroy with the brightness of his coming. 

Rev. 17: 16 The ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, 
these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and 
naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. — 18: 4 
I heard another voice from heaven, saying. Come out of her, 
my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye 
receive not of her plagues. 8 Therefore shall her plagues 
ci)me in one day, death, and mourning, and famine ; and she 
shall be utterly burned with fire : for strong is the Lord God 
whojudgethher. — 19:1 After these things I heard a great voice 
of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia: Salvation, and 
glory, and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For 
true and righteous are his judgments : for he hath judged the 

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521, 522 POVERTY. 



Evils of — God pities the Poor. 



great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, 
and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said. Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever and 
ever. 20 And the beast was taken, and with, him the false 
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he de- 
ceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them 
that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a 
lake of fire burning with brimstone. 



POVERTY. 

521. Evils of poverty. 

Pr. 10; 15 The rich man's wealth is his strong city : the de- 
struction of the poor is their poverty. — 14:20 The poor is 
hated even of his own neighbor, but the rich hath many friends. 
— 19: 7 All the brethren of the poor do hate him : how much 
more do his friends go far from him ? he pursueth them with 
words, yet they are wanting to him. — 22: 7 The rich ruleth 
over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender. 

Ec. 9: 16 Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: 
nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words 
are not heard. 

522 God pities and helps the poor. 

Dt. 10: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless 
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and 
raiment. 

Job 5: 15 He saveth the poor from the sword, from their 
mouth, and from the hand of the mighty. 16 So the poor hath 
hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth. 

Ps. 10: 14 Thou hast seen it ; for thou beholdest mischief and 
spite, to requite it with thy hand : the poor committeth himself 
unto thee ; thou art the helper of the fatherless. 17 Lord, 
thou hast heard the desire of the humble : thou wilt prepare 
their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear: 18 To judge the 
fatherless and the oppressed, that the man of the earth may 
no more oppress. — 72: 12 He shall deliver the needy when he 
crieth: the poor also, and him that hath no helper. 13 He 
shall spare the poor and needy, and shall save the souls of the 
needy. 14 He shall redeem their soul from deceit and vio- 
lence : and precious shall their blood be in his sight. — 102: 17 
He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their 
prayer. — 140: 12 I know that the Lord will maintain the cause 
of the afflicted, and the right of the poor. — 146: 9 The Lord 
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POVERTY. 523 



God hates Oppressors. 



preserveth the strangers ; he relieveth the fatherless and 
widow : but the .way of the wicked he turneth upside down. 
[See 22i-D.'] 

523. Oppression of the poor forbidden — Threads. 

Ex. 22: 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress 
him : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22 Ye shall 
not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 

Ps. 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of 
the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set hiyn in 
safety /rom him that ^uSeth. at him. — 72: 4 He shall judge the 
poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and 
shall break in pieces the oppressor. 

Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. — 22: 16 He 
that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth 
to the rich, shall surely come to want. 22 Rob not the poor, 
because he is poor : neither oppress the afflicted in* the gate. — 
23: 10 Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the 
fields of the fatherless. 

Is. 3: 15 What mean ye that ye beat my. people to pieces, 
and grind the faces of the poor ? saith the Lord. God of hosts. 
— 10: 1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and 
that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To turn 
aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right 
from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, 
and that they may rob the fatherless ! 3 And what will ye do 
in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come 
from far ? to whom will ye flee for help ? and where will ye 
leave your glory ? 

Am. 8: 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even 
to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the 
new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, 
that we may set forth w^heat, making the ephah small, and the 
shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? 6 That 
we may buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of 
shoes ; yea^ and sell the refuse of the wheat. 7 The Lord 
hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never 
forget any of their works. 

Mai. 3: 5 I will come near to you to judgment : and I will 
be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adul- 
terers, and against false swearers, and against those that op- 
press the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, 
and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not 
me, saith the Lord of hosts. [See 490, 679.] 

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524 — 526 POVERTY. 



Poor subjects of divine grace — A contrast — Duty to aid the poor. 

524. The poor often distinguished hy God^s special grace. 

Lk. 1: 52 He hath put down the mighty from their seats, 
and exalted them of low degree. 53 He hath filled the hungry 
with good things, and the rich he hath sent empty away. — 
4: 18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath 
anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me 
to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the cap- 
tives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them 
that are bruised. — 10: 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, 
and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 
that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes : even so. Father ; for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. — 14: 21 So that servant came, and 
shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house 
being angry, said to his servant. Go out quickly into the streets 
and lanes of the city, and bring in hitlier the poor, and the 
maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 

1 Cor. 1: 2G Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not 
many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many 
noble are called: 27 But God hath chosen the foolish things 
of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the 
weak things of the world to confound the things which are 
mighty ; 28 And base things of the world, and things which 
are despised, hath God chosen, yea^ and things which are not, 
to bring to nought things that are. ^ 29 That no flesh should 
glory in his presence. 

Jam. 2: 5 Hearken, my beloved brethren. Hath not God 
chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the 
kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? 

525. Future contrast between the humble poor^ and their oppressors. 

1 S. 2: 8 He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth 
up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them, among princes, and 
to make them inherit the throne of glory. 

Lk. 16: 25 Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy 
lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

[See 513, 550.] 

526. Duty to help the poor and the afflicted, and to avoid prejudice and par- 
tiality. 

Lev. 19: 9 When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou ^ 
shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou 
gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt nor. 
glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape ot 
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Ilelpiug the Poor encouraged. 



thy vineyard ; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger : 
I am the Lord your God. — 25: 35 If thy brother be waxen 
poor, and fallen in decay with thee ; then thou shalt relieve 
him : yea^ though lie he a stranger, or a sojourner : that he may 
live with thee. 

Dt. 15: 10 Thou shalt surely give him. and thine heart shall 
not be grieved when thou givest unto him : because that for 
this thing the Lord thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, 
and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto. 1 1 For the poor 
shall never cease out of the land : therefore I command thee, 
saying. Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to 
thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land. 

Dan. 4: 27 Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable 
unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine 
iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor ; if it may be a length- 
ening of thy tranquillity. 

Jam. 1: 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the 
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic- 
tion, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. — 2: 1 My 
brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord 
of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto 
your assembly, a man wdth a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and 
there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; 3 And ye have 
respect to him that w^eareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, 
Sit thou here in a good place ; and say to the poor. Stand thou 
there, or sit here under my footstool : 4 Are ye not then par- 
tial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts ? 5 
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor 
of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he 
hath promised to them that love him ? 6 But ye have despised 
the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before 
the judgment-seats ? 7 Do not they blaspheme that worthy 
name by the which ye are called ? 8 If ye fulfil the royal law 
according to the scripture. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as 
thyself, ye do well: 9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye 
commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. 

1 Jn. 3: 17 Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his 
brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion 
from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him. 

[See 7, 687.] 

527. Encouragements to help the poor. 

Ps. 41:1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor : the Lord 
will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve 
him, and keen him alive ; and he shall be blessed upon the 

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In private and social worship. 



earth : and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his ene- 
mies. 

Ps. 112: 9 He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his 
righteousness endureth for ever ; his horn shall be exalted with 
honor. 

Pr. 19: 17 He that hath pity upon the poor, lendeth unto the 
Lord ; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. 
— 22: 9 He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he 
giveth of his bread to the poor. 

Mat. 5: 7 Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain 
mercy. — 25: 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his 
right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the king- 
dom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : 35 
For 1 was an hungerd, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in : 
36 Naked, and ye clothed me ; I was sick, and ye visited 
me ; 1 was in prison, and ye came unto me. 

[See 354, 408, 630, 686.] 



PRAISE TO GOD. 

528. Praising God in private and social worship required and exemplified. 

Ps. 9: 11 Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion, 
declare among the people his doings. — 22: 22 I will declare 
thy name unto my brethren : in the midst of the congregation 
will I praise thee. — 35: 18 I will give thee thanks in the great 
congregation : I will praise thee among much people. — 47: 6 
Sing praises to God, sing praises : sing praises unto our King, 
sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing 
ye praises with understanding. — 95: 1 O come, let us sing 
unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the Rock of our 
salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanks- 
giving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For 
the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods. — 
100: 1 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands. 2 
Serve the Lord with gladness : come before his presence with 
singing. 4 Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into 
his courts with praise : be thankful unto him, and bless his 
name. 5 For the Lord is good ; his mercy is everlasting ; 
and his truth endureth to all generations. — 107: 31 O that rneji 
would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful 
works to the children of men ! 32 Let them exalt him also in 
the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly 
of the elders. — 150: 1 Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in 
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PRAYER. 529, 530 

Praise should be devout — Prayer important and necessary. 

his sanctuary : praise him in the firmament of hi? power. 2 
Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to liis 
excellent greatness. 3 Praise him with the sound of the 
trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. 4 Praise 
him with the timbrel and dance : praise him with stringed in- 
struments and organs. 5 Praise him upon the loud cimbals : 
praise him upon the high-sounding c}Tnbals. 6 Let every thing 
that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. 

Mat. 26: 30 When they had sung an hymn, they went out 
into the mount of Olives. 

Ac. 16: 25 At midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang 
praises unto God : and the prisoners heard them. 

Heb. 13: 15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of 
praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving 
thanks to his name. [Ps. 57: 7—11, and 92: 1 — 4, and 96: 1 — 4.] 

[See 747.] 

529. Praise should be offered with a devout heart. 

Ps. Ill: 1 I will praise the Lord with my whole heart, in 
the assembly of the upright, and in the congregation. 

1 Cor. 14: 15 What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, 
and I will pray with the understanding also : I will sing with 
the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also. 

Ep. 5: 19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms, and hymns, and 
spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to 
the Lord. 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God 
and the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Col. 3: 16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, 
and hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. [See 333.] 



PRAYER. 

530. Prayer an important and necessary duty. 

Job. 42: 8 Take unto you now seven bullocks and seven 
rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a 
burnt-offering ; and my servant Job shall pray for you : for 
him will I accept : lest I deal with you after your folly, in that 
ye have not spoken of me the thing ivhich is right, like my 
servant Job. 

Is. 55: 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near. — 62: 6 I have set watchmen upon 
thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold theii' peace day 
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Important, and necessary. 



nor night : ve that make mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 
7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Je- 
rusalem a praise in the earth. 

Ezk. 36: 37 Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this 
be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will 
increase them with men like a flock. 

Mat. 5: 44 Pray for them which despitefully use you, and 
persecute you. — 6:9 After this manner therefore pray ye: 
Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 10 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in 
heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And for- 
give us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 And lead us 
not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the 
kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. — 26: 41 
"Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation : the spirit 
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

Lk. 18: 1 He spake a parable unto them to this end^ that 
men ought always to pray, and not to faint. 

Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance 
and supplication for all saints. 

Ph. 4: 6 Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing by prayer 
and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made 
known unto God. 

Col. 4: 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Th. 3: 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking 
in your faith? — 5: 17 Pray without ceasing. 18 In every 
thing give thanks. 

1 Tim. 2: 1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, 
prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all 
men : 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we 
may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and hon- 
esty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God 
our Saviour. 8 I will therefore that men pray every where, 
lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting. 

Heb. 4: 15 We have not a high priest which cannot be 
touched with the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all 
points tempted like as we are^ yet without sin. 16 Let us 
therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may 
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need. 

Jam. 5: 13 Is any among you aiflicted? let him pray. 16 
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, 
that ye may be healed. 
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Secret Prayer — Mental Prayer — Audible Prayer required. 

1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand : be ye there- 
fore sober, and watch unto prayer. [See 64.] 

531. Secret prayer required and exemplified. 

Ps. 119: 62 At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto 
thee, because of thy righteous judgments. 

Mat. 6: 6 When thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and 
v/hen thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in 
secret ; and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward 
thee openly. — 14: 23 When he had sent the multitudes away, 
he w^ent up into a mountain apart to pray : and when the even- 
ing was come, he Avas there alone. 

Mk. 1: 35 In the morning, rising up a great while before 
day, he went out and departed into a solitary place, and there 
prayed. 

Lk. 5: 16 He withdrew himself into the wilderness, and 
prayed. [See 665.] 

.532. Mental prayer exemplified. 

1 S. 1: 12 It came to pass, as she continued praying before 
the Lord, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah she 
spake in her heart ; only her lips moved, but her voice was not 
heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 14 And 
Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken ? put away 
thy wine from thee. 15 And Hannah answered and said, No, 
my lord, I arn a woman of a sorrowful spirit : I have drunk 
neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul 
before the Lord. 16 Count not thine handmaid for a daugh- 
ter of Belial : for out of the abundance of my complaint and 
grief have I spoken hitherto. 

Neh. 2: 4 The king said unto me, For what dost thou make 
request ? So I prayed to the God of heaven. 5 And I said 
unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have 
found favor in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto 
Judah, unto the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may 
build it. 

533. Prayer^ verbal and audible^ required and exemplified. 

1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in 
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread 
forth his hands toward heaven : 23 And he said, Lord God 
of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on 
earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with thy 
servants that walk before thee with all their heart: 28 Yet 
have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his 

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Audible Prayer required. 



supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and 
to the prayer, which thy servant prayeth before thee to-day : 
29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and 
day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name 
shall be there : that thou may est hearken unto the prayer 
which thy servant shall make toward this place. 30 And 
hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy 
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place : and 
hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place : and when thou hear- 
est, forgive. 

Ps. 55: 16 As for me, I will call upon God: and the Lord 
shall save me. 17 Evening, and morning, and at noon, wiU I 
pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice. — 86: 3 Be 
merciful unto me, O Lord : for I cry unto thee daily. 

Dan. 9: 19 O Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; O Lord, heark- 
en and do ; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God : for thy 
city and thy people are called by thy name. 20 And while I 
was speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin, and the 
sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before 
the Lord my God for the holy mountain of my God ; 21 
Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the man Gabriel, 
whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused 
to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening ob- 
lation. 

Hos. 14: 2 Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say 
unto him. Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously : 
so will we render the calves of our lips. 

Joel 1:14 Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather 
the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of 
the Lord your God, and cry unto the Lord. 

Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, 
and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup 
pass from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou ivilt, 
42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, 

my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except 

1 drink it, thy will be done. 

Mk. 8: 6 He commanded the people to sit down on the 
ground : and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and 
brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them ; and they 
did set them before the people. 

Ac. 1: 24 They prayed, and said, Thou, Lord, which know- 
est the hearts of all men^ shew whether of these two thou hast 
chosen. — 7: 59 They stoned Stephen, calling upon God^ and 
saying. Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he kneeled 
down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their 
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Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. — 20: 36 
When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with 
them all. 



NATURE OF ACCEPTABLE PRAYER. 

534. Devout prayer includes love and obedience to God. 

Ps. 37: 4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; and he shall 
give thee the desires of thy heart. 

Pr. 28: 9 He that turneth away his ear from hearing the 
law, even his prayer shall he abomination. 

Jn. 9: 31 We know that God heareth not sinners: but if 
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. 

1 Jn. 3: 22 Whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because 
we keep his commandments, and do those things that are 
pleasing in his sight. [See 289.] 

535. Acceptable jjrayer includes faith in God. 

Heb. 10: 22 Let us draw near with a true heart, in full as- 
surance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil 
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. — 11: 6 
Without faith it is impossible to please hi7n : for he that com- 
eth to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder 
of them that diligently seek him. 

Jam. 1: 5 K any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, 
that giyeth to all 7nen liberally, and upbraideth not ; and it 
shall be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, nothing wa- 
vering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven 
with the wind and tossed. 7 For let not that man think that 
he shall receive any thing of the Lord. [See 293.] 

536. True prayer includes submission to God. 

Ps. 37: 7 Eest in the Lord, and wait patiently for him. 
— 40: 1 I waited patiently for the Lord ; and he inclined unto 
me, and heard my cry. 

Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. 10 Thy king- 
dom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven. — 
26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, 
saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from 
me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt, 

Lk. 22: 41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's 
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if 

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Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



thou be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not 
my will, but thine, be done. 

Ac. 21: 14 When he would not be persuaded, we ceased, 
saying. The will of the Lord be done. [See 278, 298.] 

537. Prayer includes humility, confession^ and repentance. 

2 Ch. 7: 14 If my people, which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wdcked ways ; then will I hear from heaven, and 
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. — 33: 12 When 
he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and 
humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, 13 
And prayed unto him : and he was entreated of him, and 
heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem 
into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he 
was God. 

Ps. 9: 12 When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remem- 
bereth them : he forgetteth not the cry of the humble. 

Lk. 18: 13 The publican, standing afar off, w^ould not lift up 
so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, 
saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. 14 1 tell you, this 
man went down to his house justified rather than the other : 
for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he 
that humbleth himself shall be exalted. 

[See 124, 356-7, 663.] 

538. Prayei^ includes a supreme i^egard for Godh glory. 

1 K. 18: 36 It came to pass at the time of the offering of the 
evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said. 
Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known 
this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, 
and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear 
me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou 
art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back 
again. 

Ps. 25: 11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, pardon mine 
iniquity ; for it is great. — 79: 9 Help us, O God of our salva- 
tion, for the glory of thy name : and deliver us, and purge 
away our sins, for thy name's sake. — 143: 11 Quicken me, O 
Lord, for thy name's sake : for thy righteousness' sake bring 
my soul out of trouble. 

Is. 37: 20 O Lord our God, save us from his hand, that all 
the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the Lord, 
even thou only. 

Dan. 9: 17 O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and 
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Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



his supplications, and cause tliv face to shine upon thy sanctu- 
ary that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 18 my God, incline 
thine ear, and hear : open thine eyes, and behold our desola- 
tions, and the city which is called by thy name : for we do not 
present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but 
for thy great mercies. 19 O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; 
O Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, for thine own sake, O my 
God : for thy city and thy people are called by thy name. 
[See 300, 662.] 

530. Acceptable prayer includes a forgiving temper. 

Mat. 6: 9 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father 
which art in heaven. Hallowed be thy name. 12 And forgive 
us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 

Mk. 11: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught 
against any : that your Father also which is in heaven may 
forgive you your trespasses. 26 But, if ye do not forgive, 
neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your 
trespasses. 

Lk. 23: 34 Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them : for they 
know not what they do. [See 203.] 

540. Prayer includes importunity and perseverance. 

Gen. 32: 24 Jacob was left alone ; and there wrestled a man 
with him, until the breaking of the day. 25 And when he 
saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow 
of his thigh : and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, 
as he wrestled with him. 26 And he said, Let me go, for the 
day breaketh : And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou 
bless me. 

Is. 62: 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for 
Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof 
go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that 
bumeth. 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, 
which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that make 
mention of the Lord, keep not silence, 7 And give him no 
rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in 
the earth. 

Lk. 6: 12 It came to pass in those days, that he went out 
into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to 
God. — 11:5 He said unto them, Which of you shall have a 
"^•iend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, 
'Friend, lend me three loaves : 6 For a friend of mine in his 
journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him ? 
7 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : 

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Nature of acceptable Prayer. 



the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed ; I 
cannot rise and give thee. 8 I saj unto you, though he will 
not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because 
of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he 
needeth. — 18: 1 He spake a parable unto them to this end, that 
men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; 5 Yet, because 
this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her con- 
tinual coming she weary me. 7 And shall not God avenge 
his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he 
bear long with them ? 8 I tell you that he will avenge them 
speedily. 

Rom. 12: 12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; con- 
tinuing instant in prayer. 

Ep. 6: 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication 
in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and 
supplication for all saints. 

Col. 4: 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with 
thanksgiving. 

1 Th. 3: 10 Night and day praying exceedingly that we 
might see your face, and might perfect that which is lacking in 
your faith? — 5: 17 Pray without ceasing. [See 514.] 

541. Prayer should he offered in Chrisfs name. 

Jn. 1 6: 24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : ask, 
and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. 

Col. 3: 17 Wliatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father 
by him. 

542. Prayer implies godly sincerity. 

Ps. 145: 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon 
him, to all that call upon him in truth. 

Is. 29: 13 The Lord said. Forasmuch as this people draw 
near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor me, 
but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear 
toward me is taught by the precept of men : 1 4 Therefore 
behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this 
people. 

Jer. 29: 13 Ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall 
search for me with all your heart. [Dt. 4: 29.] 

Mat. 15: 7 Te hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of yoift^ 
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth,^ 
and honoreth me with t?ieir lips ; but their heart is far from 
me. [See 333.] 

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Yarious postures in — Heard and answered. 



543. Prayer implies holy sympathy and compassion. 

Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

Is. 58: 7 Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that 
thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou 
seest the naked, that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? 9 Then shalt thou call, and the 
Lord shall answer. 

544. Various postures in prayer — (no sitting.) 

Ex. 9: 29 Moses said unto him. As soon as I am gone out 
of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord ; and 
the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail ; 
that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord's. 

1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in 
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth 
his hands toward heaven. 

2 Ch. 6: 13 (Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of ^yq 
cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and 
had set it in the midst of the court : and upon it he stood, and 
kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of 
Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven.) 

Mat. 26: 39 He went a little further, and fell on his face, and 
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass 
from me : nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 

]Mk. 1 1: 25 When ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught 
against any. 

Lk. 22: 41 He was withdrawn from them about a stone's 
cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42 Saying, Father, if thou 
be willing, remove this cup from me : nevertheless, not my will, 
but thine, be done. 

Ac. 20: 36 When he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and 
prayed with them all. 

545. Prayer heard and answered — its efficacy. 

Gen. 18: 32 He said. Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I 
will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be found 
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. — 32: 28 
He said. Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : 
for as a prince hast thou power with God, and with men, and 
hast prevailed. 

Hos. 12: 4 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: 
le wept, and made supplication unto him. 

Ex. 32: 11 Mos-es besought the Lord his God, and said. 
Lord, why doth thy wrath wax hot against thy people, 

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545 PRAYER. 



Heard and answered. 



whicli thou hast brought forth out of the land of Egypt, with 
great power, and with a mighty hand? 14 And the Lord 
repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people. 
[Dt. 9: 14, 18—20.] 

Num. 11: 2 The people cried unto Moses; and when Moses 
prayed unto the Lord, the hre was quenched. — 14: 19 Pardon, 
I beseech thee, the iniquity of this people according unto the 
greatness of thy mercy, and as thou hast forgiven this people, 
from Egypt even until now. 20 And the Lord said, I have 
pardoned according to thy word. 

Dt. 26: 7 When we cried unto the Lord God of our fathers, 
the Lord heard our voice, and looked on our affliction, and oar 
labor, and our oppression : 8 And the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an out-stretched 
arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with 
wonders. 

1 S. 1: 27 For this child I prayed ; and the Lord hath given 
me my petition which I asked of him. — 12: 18 So Samuel 
called unto the Lord ; and the Lord sent thunder and rain 
that day: and all the people greatly feared the Lord and 
Samuel. 

1 K. 17: 22 The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the 
soul of the child came into him again, and he revived. — 18- 37 
Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that 
thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart 
back again. 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed 
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, 
and licked up the water that was in the trench. 

2 K. 6: 18 When they came down to him, Elisha prayed 
unto the Lord, and said, Smite this people, I pray thee, with 
blindness. And he smote them with blindness, according to 
the word of Elisha. — 19: 20 Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to 
Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That 
which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of 
Assyria I have heard. — 20: 5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah 
the captain of my people. Thus saith the Lord, the God of 
David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy 
tears : behold, I will heal thee : on the third day thou shalt go 
up unto the house of the Lord. 6 And I will add unto thy 
days fifteen years ; and 1 will deliver thee and this city out of 
the hand of the king of Assyria ; and I will defend this city 
for mine own sake, and for my servant David's sake. 1 1 Anw^ 
Isaiah the prophet cried unto the Lord : and he brought the^ 
shadow ten degrees backward, by which it had gone down in 
the dial of Ahaz. 

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PRAYER. 545 

Heard and answered. 



1 Ch. 4: 10 Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh 
that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and 
that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep 
me from evil, that it may not grieve me ! And God granted 
him that which he requested. 

Ps. 18: 6 In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried 
unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my 
cry came before him, even into his ears. — 34: 4 I sought the 
Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears. 
5 They looked unto him, and were lightened : and their faces 
were not ashamed. 6 This poor man cried, and the Lord 
heard him^ and saved him out of all his troubles. 10 The 
young lions do lack, and suffer hunger : but they that seek the 
Lord shall not want any good ^A^?^^. 34:15 The eyes of the 
Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their 
cry. 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and deliv- 
ereth them out of all their troubles. — 50: 15 Call upon me in 
the day of trouble : I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify 
me. — 65: 2 O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all 
flesh come. — 66: 19 Verily God hath heard me; he hath 
attended to the voice of my prayer. 20 Blessed he God, which 
hath not turned away my prayer, nor his mercy from me. — 
84: 11 The Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will 
give grace and glory ; no good thing will he withhold from 
them that walk uprightly. — 86: 5 Thou, Lord, art good, and 
ready to forgive ; and plenteous in mercy unto all them that 
call upon thee. — 91: 15 He shall call upon me, and I will 
answer him : I will he with him in trouble ; 1 will deliver him, 
and honor him. — 106: 23 He said that he would destroy them, 
had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, to turn 
away his wrath, lest he should destroy them. — 118: 5 I called 
upon the Lord in distress : the Lord answered me, and set me 
in a large place. — 145: 18 The Lord is nigh unto all them 
that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. 19 He 
will fulfil the desire of them that fear him : he also will hear 
their cry, and will save them. 

Is. 45: 19 I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in 
vain : I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that 
are right. — 65: 24 It shall come to pass, that before they call, 
I will answer ; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear. 

Jer. 15: 1 Then said the Lord unto me, Though Moses and 
Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not he toward this 
people : cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. — 33: 3 
Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and 
mighty things, which thou knowest not. 

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545 PRAYER. 

Heard and answered. 



Ezk. 14: 14 Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, andJob, 
were in it, they should deliver hut their own souls by their 
righteousness, saith the Lord God. [V. 20.] 

Dan. 9: 21 Yea, while I was speaking in prayer, even the 
man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, 
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of the 
evening oblation. 22 And he informed me^ and talked with 
me, and said, O Daniel, I am now come forth to give thee skill 
and understanding. 23 At the beginning of thy supplications 
the commandment came forth, and I am come to shew thee ; 
for thou art greatly beloved. — 10: 12 Then said he unto me, 
Fear not, Daniel : for from the first day that thou didst set thine 
heart to understand, and to chasten thyself before thy God, thy 
words were heard, and I am come for thy words. 

Joel 2: 32 It shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on 
the name of the Lord shall be delivered. 

Mat. 7: 7 Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall 
find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : 8 For every one 
that asketh, receiveth ; and he that seeketh, findeth ; and to 
him that knocketh, it shall be opened. 9 Or what man is there 
of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone ? 
10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 K ye 
then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, 
how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good 
things to them that ask him ? 

Lk. 18: 7 Shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day 
and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? 8 I tell 
you that he will avenge them speedily. 

Ac. 12: 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison : but prayer 
was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. 
7 And behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him^ and a 
light shined in the prison ; and he smote Peter on the side, and 
raised him up, saying. Arise up quickly. 

Jam. 4: 3 Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, 
that ye may consume it upon your lusts. 8 Draw nigh to God, 
and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, 
and purify your hearts, ye double-minded. — 5: 16 Confess 
your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye 
may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous 
man availeth much. 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions 
as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and 
it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six 
months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, 
and the earth brought forth her fruit. 

1 Pet. 3: 12 The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, 
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PRAYER. 546 

Unregenerate Prayers not acceptable, 

and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the 
Lord is against them that do evil. 

Rev. 8: 3 Another angel came and stood at the altar, having 
a golden censer ; and there was given unto him much incense, 
that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the 
golden altar which was before the throne. 4 And the smoke 
of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, as- 
cended up before God out of the angel's hand. 

[See 431, 670.] 

546. Prayer and ivorship of the ungodly not acceptable. 

Ps. 50: 16 Unto the wicked God saith, What hast thou to 
do to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my cove- 
nant in thy mouth .'^ 17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, and 
castest my words behind thee. — 66: 18 If I regard iniquity in 
my heart, the Lord will not hear me. 

Pr. 1: 28 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not 
answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me ; 
29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the 
fear of the Lord. — 15: 8 The sacnfice of the wicked is an 
abomination to the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is 
his delight. 29 The Lord is far from the wicked : but he 
heareth the prayer of the righteous. — 28: 9 He that turneth 
away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be 
abomination. 

Is. 1: 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacri- 
fices unto me ? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offer- 
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I deHght not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When 
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts ? 13 Bring no more vain oblations : 
incense is an abomination unto me : the new moons and sab- 
baths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with : it is ini- 
quity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and 
your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto 
me; I am weary to bear them. 15 And when ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I will not hear : your hands are full of 
blood. — 59: 1 Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that 
it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : 
2 But your iniquities have separated between you and your 
God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not 
hear. 

Mat. 7: 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither 
can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

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547 550 PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT. 



Prevalent eyils — Offensive to God. 



Jn. 9: 31 We know that God heareth not sinners : but if 
any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he 
heareth. 

Heb. 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please him : for 
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a 
rewarder of them that diligently seek him. [See 165, 589.] 

547. Prayer not agreeable to the wicked. 

Job 27: 8 What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he 
hath gained, when God taketh away his soul ? 10 Will he 
delight himself in the Almighty ? will he always call upon 
God? [See 22.] 

548. God displeased with prayerless persons. 

Jer. 10: 25 Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know 
thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name : for 
they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed 
him, and have made his habitation desolate. [See 230.] 



PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT. 

549. Pride J and self-conceit, prevalent evils. 

Gen. 11: 4 They said. Go to, let us build us a city, and a 
tower, whose top may reach unto heaven ; and let us make us 
a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole 
earth. 

Ps. 10: 2 The wicked in his pride doth persecute the poor. 
— 73: 6 Pride compasseth them about as a chain : violence 
covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out Tvith fat- 
ness : they have more than heart could wish. 8 They are cor- 
rupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they speak 
loftily. 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, and their 
tongue walketh through the earth. 

Ezk. 16: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister 
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was 
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the 
hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and 
committed abomination before me : therefore I took them away 
as I saw good, [See 696, 703.] 

550. Pride and self-conceit, offensive to God — threats. 

2 S. 22: 28 The afflicted people thou wilt save : but thine 
eyes are upon the haughty, that thou mayest bring them 
down. 

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PRIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT. 550 

Offensive to God. 

. • . -. 

Ps. 12: 3 The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, and the 
tongue that speaketh proud things : 4 Who have said, With 
our tongue will we prevail ; our lips are our own : who is lord 
over us? — 18: 27 Thou wilt save the afflicted people; but 
wilt bring down high looks. — 119: 21 Thou hast rebuked the 
proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments. 
— 138: 6 Though the Lord he high, yet hath he respect unto 
the lowly : but the proud he knoweth afar off. 

Pr. 8: 13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and 
arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. 
— 15: 25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud : but 
he will establish the border of the widow. — 16: 5 Every one 
that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord : though 
hand Join in hand, he shall not be unpunished. 

Is. 2: 12 The day of the Lord of hosts shall he upon every 
one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted 
up; and he shall be brought low. — 3: 16 The Lord saith, 
Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with 
stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing 
as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet: 17 There- 
fore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head 
of the daughters of Zion. 18 Li that day the Lord will take 
away the bravery of their tinkling ornaments ahout their feety 
and their cauls, and their round tires like the moon. 19 The 
chains, and the bracelets, and the mufflers, 20 The bonnets, 
and the ornaments of the legs, and the head-bands, and the 
tablets, and the ear-rings, 21 The rings, and nose jewels, 
22 The changeable suits of apparel, and the mantles, and the 
wimples, and the crisping-pins, 23 The glasses, and the fine 
linen, and the hoods, and the vails. — 13: 11 I will cause the 
arrogancy of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haugh- 
tiness of the terrible. — 26: 5 He bringeth down them that 
dwell on high ; the lofty city, he layeth it low ; he layeth it 
low, even to the ground ; he bringeth it even to the dust. — 
65: 5 Stand by thyself; come not near to me ; for I am holier 
than thou. These are a smoke in my nose, a fire that bumeth 
all the day. 

Dan. 4: 30 The king spake, and said. Is not this great 
Babylon, thai I have built for the house of the kingdom by 
the might of my power, and for the honor of my majesty? 
31 While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice 
from heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is 
spoken ; The kingdom is departed from thee : 32 And they 
shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall he with the 
beasts of the field : they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, 

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551 PEIDE AND SELF-CONCEIT. 

Tend to a fall. 

. • _ 

and seven times shall pass over thee, until thou know that the 
Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to 
whomsoever he will. 

Mat. 23: 1 2 Whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased ; 
and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. 29 Wo 
unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build 
the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the 
righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our 
fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the 
blood of the prophets. 31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses unto 
yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the 
prophets. 

2 Th. 2: 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all 
that is called God, or that is worshipped ; so that he, as God, 
sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God. 
8 And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord 
shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy 
with the brightness of his coming. 

Jam. 4: 6 God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace unto 
the humble. 16 But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all 
such rejoicing is evil. [See 513.] 

551. Pride tends to a fall. 

Esther 3: 5 When Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, 
nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. 6 
And he thought scorn to lay hands on Mordecai alone ; for 
they had shewed him the people of Mordecai : wherefore Ha- 
man sought to destroy aU the Jews that were throughout the 
whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even the people of Mordecai. — 
7: 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the 
king. Behold also the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman 
had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, 
standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said. Hang 
him thereon. 

Pr. 16: 18 Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty 
spirit before a fall. — 18: 12 Before destruction the heart of 
man is haughty, and before honor is humility. — 2^: 12 Seest 
thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a 
fool than of him. — 28: 26 He that trusteth in his own heart is 
a fool: but whoso walketh wisely, he shall be delivered. — 29: 23 
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honor shall uphold the 
humble in spirit. [See 733.] 
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PROBATION. 552, 553 



Earthly Retribution Ini perfect — Probation Limited. 



PROBATION. 

552. Retribution imperfect during this life, 

Ps. 103: 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins ; nor 
rewarded us according to our iniquities. 

Ec. 8:11 Because sentence against an evil work is not exe- 
cuted speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully 
set in them to do evil. — 9: 1 For all this I considered in my 
heart even to declare all this, that the righteous, and the wise, 
and their works, are in the hand of God: no man knoweth 
either love or hatred by all that is before them. 2 All things 
come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous and to the 
wicked ; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean ; to 
him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the 
good, so is the sinner ; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth 
an oath. [See 565.] 

553. Probation limited to this life — its immeasurable importance, 

Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; 25 But ye 
have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my 
reproof: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock 
when your fear oometh : 27 When your fear cometh as deso- 
lation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when dis- 
tress and anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call 
upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but 
they shall not find me. 

Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy 
might ; for thei^e is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor 
wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. 

Is. 55: 6 Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye 
upon him while he is near. 

Jer. 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we 
are not saved. 

Zee. 9: 12 Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope. 

Mat. 25: 10 While they went to buy, the bridegroom came ;♦ 
and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : 
and the door was shut. 1 1 Afterward came also the other vir- 
gins, saying. Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and 
said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 

2 Cor. 6: 2 (He saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, 
and in the day of salvation have I succored thee : behold, now 
is the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of salvation.) 

[See 390, 572, 727.] 

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554, 555 PROBATION". 

Inralves Dangers — Determines our Future State. 

554. Probation includes danger of losing the soul. 

Mat. 5: 22 Whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in dan- 
ger of hell-fire. — 16: 25 Whosoever will save his life, shall 
lose it : and whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find 
it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole 
world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul ? [Lk. 9: 24.] 

Mk. 9: 43 If thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for 
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go 
into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44 Where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45 And if 
thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt 
into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire 
that never shall be quenched : 46 Where their worm dieth 
not, and the fire is not quenched. 47 And if thine eye offend 
thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the king- 
dom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into 
hell-fire : 48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not 
quenched. [Mat. 18: 8.] 

Lk. 12: 4 I say unto you, my friends. Be not afraid of them 
that kiH the body, and after that, have no more that they can 
do. 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, 
which after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell ; yea, 
I say unto you. Fear him. [Mat. 10: 28.] — 13: 23 Then 
said one unto him. Lord, are there few that be saved ? And 
he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate : 
for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be 
able. 

Heb. 4: 1 Let us therefore fear, lest a promise being left us 
of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short 
of it. 

1 Pet. 4: 17 The time is come that judgment must begin at 
the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end 
he of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the 
righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the 
sinner appear? [See 563.] 

555. Probationary conduct determines our final state; or salvation condi- 
tional. 

1 Ch. 28: 9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God 
of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart, and with a 
willing mind : for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the thoughts : if thou seek 
him, he will be found of thee ; but if thou forsake him, he will 
cast thee off for ever. 
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PROBATION. 555 



Determines our Future State. 



Pr. 1: 29 They hated knowledge, and did not choose the 
fear of the Lord : 30 They would none of my counsel : they 
despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall they eat of the 
fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. 
32 For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and 
the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. — 8: 36 He that 
sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul : all they that hate 
me love death. — 9: 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for 
thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. — 11: 19 
As righteousness tendeth to life : so he that pursueth evil pur- 
sueth it to his own death. 

Mat. 5: 25 Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou 
art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deli- 
ver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and thou be cast into prison. 26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the 
uttermost farthing. — 7: 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate ; for 
wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruc- 
tion, and many there be which go in thereat : 14 Because, 
strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto 
life, and few there be that find it. 

Mk. 16: 16 He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved; 
but he that believeth not, shall be damned. 

Rom. 2: 5 After thy hardness and impenitent heart, treasur- 
est up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and reve- 
lation of the righteous judgment of God ; 6 Who will render 
to every man according to his deeds : 7 To them who by 
patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory, and honor, 
and immortality ; eternal life : 8 But unto them that are con- 
tentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness : 
indignation and wrath, 9 Tribulation and anguish, upon every 
soul of man that doeth evil; of the Jew first, and also of the 
Gentile: 10 But glory, honor, and peace, to every man that 
worketh good. 

Gal. 6: 7 Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for what- 
soever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that 
soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption : but he 
that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

Kev. 22: 19 If any man shall take away from the words of 
the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of 
the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things 
which are written in this book. 

[See Terms of Salvation, in the Index, and 567, and Mat. 
25, (Parable of the ten virgins and of the talents,) and Lk. 
19: 12—27, (Parable of the pounds.)] 

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556 PROBATION. 



Its awards accord wioli moral conduct. 



556. Rewards and punishments according to prohaiionary conduct. 

Job 34: 11 The work of a man shall he render unto him, and 
cause every man to find according to his ways. 

Ps. 62: 12 Unto thee, O Lord, helongeth mercy: for thou 
renderest to every man according to his work. 

Pr. 24: 12 If thou say est, Behold, we knew it not; doth not 
he that pondereth the heart, consider it ? and he that keepeth 
thy soul, doth not he know ^V? and shall not he -render to every 
man according to his works ? 

Is. 3: 10 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall he well with 
him : for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. 1 1 Wo unto 
the wicked! it shall be ill with him : for the reward of his hands 
shall be given him. 

Jer. 17: 10 I the Lord search the heart, / try the reins, 
even to give every man according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. — 32: 19 Thine eyes are open upon 
all the ways of the sons of men ; to give every one according 
to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. 

Mat. 5: 19 Whosoever therefore, shall break one of these 
least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called 
the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do, 
and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom 
of heaven. — 1 6: 27 The Son of man shall come in the glory 
of his Father, with his angels; and then he shall reward eveiy 
man according to his works. 

Lk: 19: 16 Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound 
hath gained ten pounds. 17 And he said unto him. Well, thou 
good servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very little, 
have thou authority over ten cities. 18 And the second came, 
saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. 19 And he 
said likewise to him, Be thou also over liYe cities. 

Gal. 6: 7 Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for what- 
soever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that 
soweth to his flesh, shall of the flesh reap corruption: but 
he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap life ever- 
lasting. 

Rev. 22: 12 Behold, I come quickly; and my reward is 
with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

[See 231-2.] 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 557 559 

Sin exceeding sinful — God's right and disposition to punish. 

PUNISHMENT IN A FUTURE STATE. 

557. Siiis against God, '• exceeding sinful.''^ 

Gen. 39: 9 There is none greater in this house than I; nei- 
ther hath he kept back anything from me, but thee, because thou 
art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and 
sin against God? 

1 8. 2: 25 K one man sin against another, the judge shaU 
judge him : but if a man sin against the Lord, who shall 
entreat for him ? 

Ps. 51:4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done 
this evil in thy sight : that thou mightest be justified when thou 
speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. 

Rom. 7: 13 Sin, that it might appear sin, working death in 
me by that which is good ; that sin by the commandment might 
become exceeding sinful. [See 230, 236.] 

558. God^s prerogatii^e to punish according to desert. 

Dt. 32: 35 To me helongeth vengeance, and recompense ; their 
foot shall sHde in due time : for the day of their calamity is at 
hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. 
39 See now that I, even I am he, and there is no god with me : 
I kill, and I make ahve ; I wound, and I heal : neither is there 
any that can deliver out of my hand. 40 For I lift up my 
hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 41 If I whet my 
glittering sword, and my hand take hold on judgment ; I will 
render vengeance to mine enemies, and Avill reward them that 
hate me. 

Ps. 94: 1 O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth; O 
God, to whom vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 

Rom. 12: 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but 
rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

Heb. 10: 30 We know him that hath said, Vengeance belong- 
eth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, 
The Lord shall judge his people. 

559. Will God^s love and compassion save unbelievers 7 

Ex. 34: 6 The Lord passed by before him, and proclaimed. 
The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffer- 
ing, and abundant in goodness and truth 7 Keeping mercy 
for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and 
that will by no means clear the guilty. 

Is. 27: 11 It is a people of no understanding: therefore he 

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560 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

The wi(;ked shut out from heaven. 

that made tliem will not have mercy on them, and he that 
formed them will shew them no favor. 

Ezk. 7: 9 Mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity . 
I will recompense thee according to thy ways, and thine abom- 
inations that are in the midst of thee ; and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord that smiteth. 

Nah. 1: 3 The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, 
and will not at all acquit the wicked. [See 230, 572, 573,(7)J 

560. The finally impenitent to be separated from the saints^ and shut out of 
heaven. 

Ps. 119: 155 Salvation is far from the wicked: for they 
seek not thy statutes. 

Mat. 5: 20 I say unto you, That except your righteousness 
shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye 
shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. — 7: 21 Not 
every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
kingdom of heaven ; but he that doetli the will of my Father 
which is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me in that day, 
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy 
name have cast out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful 
works ? 23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew 
you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. — 10: 33 Whoso- 
ever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my 
Father which is in heaven. — 13: 30 Let both grow together 
until the harvest : and in the time of harvest I will say to the 
reapers. Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in 
bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn. 
49 So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall 
come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just. — 25: 10 
While they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; and they that 
were ready, went in with him to the marriage : and the door 
was shut. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, 
Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said. Verily, 
I say unto you, I know you not. 31 When the Son of man 
shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then 
shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : 32 And before him 
shall be gathered all nations : and he shall separate them one 
from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats . 
33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats 
on the left. 

1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not 
inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived ; neither for- 
nicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 561 

Loss of the Soul. 

drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Gal. 5: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are 
these^ Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, 
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revel- 
lings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have 
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 5: 5 This ye know, that no whoremonger, nor unclean 
person, nor covetous man, who is an idolater, hath any inheri- 
tance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. 6 Let no man 
deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh 
the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. 

Rev. 21: 27 There shall in no wise enter into it any thing 
that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh 
a lie ; but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 

[See 256, 287, 387, 390, 554.] 

561. The wicked to he cast into hell. 

Job 21: 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and he shall 
drink of the wrath of the Almighty. — 31: 3 Is not destruction 
to the wicked ? and a strange punishment to the workers of 
Iniquity? — 36: 13 The hypocrites in heart heap up wrath. 

Ps. 1 : 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, 
nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. 6 For the 
Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the 
ungodly shall perish. — 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, awe? all the nations that forget God. — 11: 6 Upon the 
wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and a horrible 
tempest : this shall he the portion of their cup. 

Mat. 3: 7 O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to 
flee from the wrath to come ? 10 Now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : therefore every tree which bringeth 
not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 1 1 
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance : but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not 
worthy to bear : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and 
with fire : 12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly 
purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner ; but he 
will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire. — 7: 19 Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 27 The rain descended, and the floods came, and 
the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great 
was the fall of it. — 8: 1 1 I say unto you. That many shall 

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561 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Loss of the Soul. 

come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abra- 
ham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven : 12 But 
the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer dark- 
ness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. — 13: 40 
As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire ; so 
shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall 
send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his king- 
dom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; 42 
And shall cast them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wail- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 47 Again, The kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of 
every kind : 48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, 
and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the 
bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world : the 
angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the 
just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire : there 
shall be wailing and gnashingof teeth.— ll:23Andthou5Caper- 
naum, which art exalted unto heaven, slialt be brought down to 
hell : for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, 
had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this 
day. 24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for 
the land of Sodom, in the day of Judgment, than for thee. — 
22: ] 3 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and 
foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness : 
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 

Lk. 16: 22 It came to pass, that the beggar died, and was 
carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man 
also died, and was buried : 23 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in 
his bosom. 24 And he cried, and said. Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his 
finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented in 
this flame. 

Jn. 5: 28 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the 
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And 
shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrec- 
tion of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrec- 
tion of damnation. — 15: 6 If a man abide not in me, he is 
cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, 
and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. — 17: 12 None 
of them is lost, but the son of perdition. [2 Th. 2: 3.] 

1 Cor. 16: 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, 
let him be Anathema, Maranatha. 

Ph. 3: 18 They are the enemies of the cross of Christ : 19 
Whose end is destruction. 
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PHNISHMENT FUTURE. 562 

Evinced by the unpardonable sin. 

2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means : for that 
day shall not come^ except there come a falling away first, and 
that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition ; 9 Eve7i him^ 
whose coming is after the working of Satan, with all power, 
and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And with all deceivableness 
of unrighteousness of them that perish ; because they received 
not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 1 1 And 
for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie: 12 That they all might be damned who 
believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

Heb. 10: 26 For if we sin wilfully after that we have re- 
cieved the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more 
sacrifice for sins, 27 But a certain fearful looking for of judg- 
ment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. 
[V. 28—31.] 

2 Pet. 2: 4 If God spared not the angels that sinned, but 
cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judgment ; 9 The Lord knoweth 
how to deliver the godly out of temptations, and to reserve the 
unjust unto the day of judgment to be punished: 10 But 
chiefly them that walk after the flesh in the lust of unclean- 
ness, and despise government. Presumptuous are they, self- 
willed; they are not afraid to speak evil of dignities. 17 
These are wells without water, clouds that are carried with a 
tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is reserved for ever. 
— 3: 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the 
same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day 
of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 

Kev. 19: 20 The beast was taken, and with him the fasle 
prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he 
deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and 
them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive 
into a lake of fire burning with brimstone. — 20:15 Whoso- 
ever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the 
lake of fire. [See 236-7, 287, 343, 387.] 

562. Fut.ure punishnent evinced by the unpardonable sin. 

Mat. 12: 31 I say unto you, All manner of sin and blas- 
phemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against 
the jSoly Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 32 And 
whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be 
forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, 
it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in 
the world to come. 

Mk. 3: 28 Verily, I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven 
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563, 564 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Evinced by the second death, and death in impenitence. 

unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they 
shall blaspheme : 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the 
Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal 
damnation. 

Lk. 12: 10 Unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy 
Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. 

Heb. 10: 26 If we sin wilfully after that we have received 
the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice 
for sins. 

1 Jn. 5: 16 If any man see his brother sin a sin which is not 
unto death, he shall ask, and he shall give him life for them 
that sin not unto death. There is a sin unto death : I do not 
say that he shall pray for it. 

563. Future punishment evinced by the second death. 

Ezk. 18: 31 Why will ye die, O house of Israel ? 32 For 
I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the 
Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye. 

Rev. 2: 11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the 
second death. — 20: 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in 
the first resurrection : on such the second death hath no power, 
but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shaU reign 
with him a thousand years. 14 And death and hell were cast 
into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And who- 
soever was not found written in the book of life was cast into 
the lake of fire. — 21: 8 The fearful, and unbelieving, and the 
abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, 
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake 
which burneth with fire and brimstone : which is the second 
death. [See 287.] 

564. Future punishment evinced by death in impenitence. 

Gen. 19: 24 Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon 
Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven. 
25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the 
inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground. 

Lev. 10: 1 Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either 
of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense there- 
on, and offered strange fire before the Lord, which he com- 
manded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord, 
and devoured them, and they died before the Lord. 

Num. 16: 32 The earth opened her mouth, and swallowed 
them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained 
unto Korah, and all their goods. 33 They, and all that ap- 
pertained to them, went down alive into the pit, and the earth 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 565 

Evinced by present prosperity of the wicked. 

closed upon them : and they perished from among the congre- 
gation. 

Ps. 58: 9 He shall take them away as with a whirlwind^both 
living, and in his wrath. 

^ Pr. 14: 32 The wicked is driven away in his wickedness : 
but the righteous hath hope in his death. 

Mat. 27: 5 He cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, 
and departed, and went and hanged himself. 

Jn. 8: 21 Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, 
and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins : whither I go, 
ye cannot come. 

Ac. 5: 5 Ananias hearing these words, fell down, and gave 
up the ghost. And great fear came on all them that heard 
these things. 

2 Pet. 2: 12 These, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken 
and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand 
not ; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption. 13 And 
shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count 
it pleasure to riot in the day-time. 

565. Future punishment evinced by the present prosperity of the wicJced^and 
sufferings of the righteous. 

Job 12: 6 The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that 
provoke God are secure ; into whose hand God bringeth 
abundantly, — 21: 7 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, 
yea, are mighty in power? 8 Their seed is established in their 
sight with them, and their offspring before their eyes. 9 Their 
houses are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. 
1 1 They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their chil- 
dren dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice 
at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, 
and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they 
say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge 
of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve 
him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 
1 6 Lo, their good is not in their hand. 

Ps. 73: 3 I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the pros- 
perity of the wicked. 4 For there are no bands in their death : 
but their strength is firm. 5 They are not in trouble as other 
men ; neither are they plagued like other men. G Therefore 
pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth 
them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : they 
have more than heart could wish. — 12 Behold, these are the 
ungodly, who prosper in the world : they increase in riches. — 
92: 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the 

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566 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Presaged by temporal evils. 

workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they shall be destroyed 
for ever. 

Jer. 12: 1 Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead 
with thee : yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. 
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? where- 
fore are all they happy that deal very treacherously ? 2 
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root : they grow, 
yea, they bring forth fruit : thou art near in their mouth, and 
far from their reins. 

Mat. 6: 5 Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward. 

Lk. 6: 24 Wo unto you that are rich ! for ye have received 
your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for ye shall 
hunger. Wo unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn 
and weep. 26 Wo unto you, when all men shall speak well 
of you ! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. — 16: 25 
Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime re- 
ceivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but 
now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

2 Th. 1: 4 We ourselves glory in you in the churches of 
God, for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and 
tribulations that ye endure : 5 Which is a manifest token of 
the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy 
of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer : 6 Seeing it 
is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them 
that trouble you ; 7 And to you, who are troubled, rest with 
us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with 
his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on them 
that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. [See 511, 552.] 

566. Future punishment presaged by temporal judgments. 

Gen. 6: 12 God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was 
corrupt : for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. 
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come 
before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them : 
and behold, I will destroy them with the earth. — 18: 20 The 
Lord said, because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, 
and because their sin is very grievous, 21 I will go down now, 
and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry 
of it, which is come unto me.— 19: 24 Then the Lord rained up- 
on Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord 
out of heaven ; 25 And he overthrew those cities, and all the 
plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew 
upon the ground. 

2 Pet. 2: 4 K God spared not the angels that sinned, but 
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rUNISHMENT FUTURE. 567 

Everlasting. 

cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of dark- 
ness, to be reserved unto judgment ; 5 And spared not the old 
world, but saved Noah the eighth person^ a preacher of right- 
eousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly ; 
6 And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, 
condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample 
unto those that after should Hve ungodly ; 7 And delivered 
just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked : 9 
The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptations, 
and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judgment to be pun- 
ished. [See 87, 486, 630, 733.] 

567. Punishment everlasting. 

Mat. 25: 41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left 
hand. Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink. 
46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but 
the righteous into hfe eternal. 

Mk. 9: 43 If thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for 
thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go 
into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : 44 Where 
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. — 14: 21 
The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but wo 
to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good 
were it for that man if he had never been born. [Mat. 26: 24.] 

Lk. 3: 17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he wdll thoroughly 
purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner ; but 
the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. 

Jn. 3: 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : 
and he that believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; but the 
wrath of God abideth on him. 

Ph. 3: 18 (For many walk, of v/hom I have told you often, 
and now tell you even w^eeping, that they are the enemies of the 
cross of Christ: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God 25 
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly 
things.) 

2 Th. 1: 7 The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven 
with his mighty angels, 8 In flaming fire taking vengeance on 
them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our 
Lord Jesus Christ : 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting 
destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory 
of his power. 

Jude 6 The angels which kept not their first estate, but left 
their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains un- 

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568, 569 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Often denied — May not purify. 

der darkness unto the judgment of the great day. 7 Even 
as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like 
manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after 
strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the ven- 
geance of eternal fire. 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming 
out their own shame ; wandering stars to whom is reserved the 
blackness of darkness for ever. 

Rev. 14: 9 And the third angel followed them, saying with 
a loud voice, If any man worship the beast and his image, and 
receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand, 10 The same 
shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured 
out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he 
shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence 
of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb: 11 
The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever : 
and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast 
and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name. 
— 20: 10 The devil that deceived them was cast into the lake 
of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are^ 
and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever. 

[See 287, 390, 553—5, 572, 573,(1).] 

568. Future punishment denied or disbelieved by some. 

Gen. 3: 4 The serpent said unto the woman. Ye shall not 
surely die. 

Dt. 29: 19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words 
of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall 
have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, 
to add drunkenness to thirst. 

Ezk. 13: 22 With lies ye have made the heart of the right- 
eous sad, whom I have not made sad ; and strengthened the 
hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked 
way, by promising him life. 

2 Pet. 3: 5 This they willingly are ignorant of, that by the 
word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth standing 
out of the water and in the water: 6 Whereby the world that 
then was, being overflowed with water, perished : 7 But the 
heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are 
kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment 
and perdition of ungodly men. [See 22, 708.] 

569. The wicked not always purified by punishment. 

Pr. 27: 22 Thpugh thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar 
among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart 
from him. 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 570, 571 

Inflicted on God's account — Approved by the good. 

Rev. 16: 9 Men were scorched with great heat, and blas- 
phemed the name of God, which hath power over these plagues : 
and they repented not to give him glorj. 10 And the fifth 
angel poured out his vial upon the seat of the beast ; and his 
kingdom was full of darkness ; and they gnawed their tongues 
for pain, 11 And blasphemed the God of heaven, because of 
their pains and their sores, and repented not of their deeds. 21 
And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven, every stone 
about the weight of a talent : and men blasphemed God because 
of the plague of the hail ; for the plague thereof was exceed- 
ing great. [See 9.] 

570. The wicked punished according to their desert^ to make known and glo' 
riftj God. 

Ex. 9: 15 Now I will stretch out my hand, that I may smite 
thee and thy people with pestilence ; and thou shalt be cut off 
from the earth. 1 6 And in very deed for this cause have I 
raised thee up, for to shew in thee my power ; and that my 
name may be declared throughout all the earth. 
— 14: 4 I will be honored upon Pharaoh, and upon all his host; 
that the Egyptians may know that I am the Lord. 

Ps. 83: 17 Let them be confounded and troubled for ever; 
yea, let them be put to shame, and perish: 18 That men may 
know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the 
Most High over all the earth. 

Ezk. 25: 17 I will execute great vengeance upon them with 
furious rebukes ; and they shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I shall lay my vengeance upon them. 

Rom. 9: 17 The scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even fortius 
same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my 
power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout 
all the earth. 22 What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and 
to make his power known, endured with much long-suffering 
the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: 23 And that he 
might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of 
mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, 
whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the 
Gentiles? [See 209, 27 G.] 

571. Punishment approved by the righteous, 

Ex. 15: 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this 
song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the 
Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his 
rider hath he thrown into the sea. 6 Thy right hand, O Lord, 
is become glorious in power : thy right hand, O Lord, hath 

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671 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Approved by the good. 

dashed in pieces the enemy. 7 And in the greatness of 
thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up 
against thee. 

Ps. 28: 4 Give them according to their deeds, and according 
to the wickeness of their endeavors : give them after the work 
of their hands ; render to them their desert. 5 Because they 
regard not the works of the Lord, nor the operation of his 
hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up. — 94: 1 
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongeth ; O God, to whom 
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 2 Lift up thyself, thou 
Judge of the earth : render a reward to the proud. 

Lk. 23: 40 The other answering, rebuked him, saying. Dost 
not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? 
41 And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of 
our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss. 

Rev. 6: 9 When he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under 
the altar the souls of them that w^ere slain for the word of 
God, and for the testimony which they held : 10 And they 
cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and 
true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that 
dwell on the earth? — 15: 3 They sing the song of Moses the 
servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and 
marvellous are thy works. Lord God Almighty ; just and true 
are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, 
O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy : for all 
nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments 
are made manifest. — 18: 20 Rejoice over her, tfiou heaven, 
and ye holy apostles and prophets ; for God hath avenged you 
on her. — 19: 1 After these things I heard a great voice of 
much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia : Salvation, and glory, 
and honor, and power, unto the Lord our God : 2 For true 
and righteous are his judgments : for he hath judged the great 
whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and 
hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. 3 And 
again they said, Alleluia. And her smoke rose up for ever 
and ever. 4 And the four and twenty elders and the four 
beasts fell down and worshipped God that sat on the throne, 
saying, Amen; Alleluia. 5 And a voice came out of the 
throne, saying. Praise our God, all ye his servants, and ye that 
fear him, both small and great. 6 And I heard as it were the 
voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, 
and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia : for 
the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. 7 Let us be glad and 
rejoice, and give honor to him : for the marriage of the Lamb 
is come, and his wife hath made herself ready. [See 88, 237.1 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 572, 573 

Unavailing cries — Sources of misery. 
572. The cries of lost souls unavailing. 

Job 27: 8 What is the hope of the hypocrite, though he 
hath gained, when God taketh away his soul ? 9 WiU God 
hear his cry when trouble cometh upon him ? 

Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused; I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 25 But ye have 
set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: 
26 1 also will laugh at your calamity : I will mock when your 
fear cometh ; 27 When your fear cometh as desolation, and 
your destruction cometh as a whirlwind ; when distress and 
anguish cometh upon you. 28 Then shall they call upon me, 
but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall 
not find me ; 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not 
choose the fear of the Lobd : 30 They would none of my 
counsel: they despised all my reproof. 31 Therefore shall 
they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their 
own devices. 32 For the turning away of the simple shall 
slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. 

Lk. 13: 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up, 
and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and 
to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and 
he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye 
are. — 16: 24 And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have 
mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of 
his finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented 
in this flame. 25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou 
in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and hkewise Laza- 
rus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art torment- 
ed. 26 And besides all this, between us and you there is a 
great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to 
you, cannot ; neither can they pass to us, that would come from 
thence. [See 390, 553-55, 559, 567.] 

573. Sources of future misery. 
1. The loss of all hope, or complete despair. 

Job 8: 13 The hypocrite's hope shall perish. — 11: 20 The 
eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall not escape, and 
their hope shall he as the giving up of the ghost. 

Pr. 10: 28 The hope of the righteous shall he gladness: but 
the expectation of the wicked shall perish. — 11: 7 When a 
wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope 
of unjust men perisheth. 

Lam. 3: 64 Render unto them a recompense, O Lord, ac- 
cording to the work of their hands. 65 Give them sorrow of 
heart, thy curse unto them. 

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573 PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 

Its Sources. 

Ezk. 22: 14 Can thj heart endure, or can thy hands be 
strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee ? I the Lokd 
have spoken it^ and will do it. [See 390, 567.] 

2. Bitter reflections. 

Pr. 5: 11 And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and 
thy body are consumed, 12 And say. How have I hated in- 
struction, and my heart despised reproof; 13 And have not 
obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them 
that instructed me ! 14 1 was almost in all evil in the midst 
of the congregation and assembly. 

Jer. 8: 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we 
are not saved. 

Lk. 16: 25 Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy 
life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil 
things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. 

[See 128, 131.] 

3. Deprivation of rest 

Ps. 95: 11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath, that they should 
not enter into my rest. [Heb. 3: 18.] 

Is. 57: 20 The wicked are like the troubled sea, when it 
cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 21 There is 
no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. 

Rev. 14: 11 The smoke of their torment ascendeth up for 
ever and ever : and they have no rest day nor night. 

4. Banishment from all lovely beings^ and sneering, tvhile saints are rejoicing. 

Lk. 13: 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, 
when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the 
prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust 
out. — 16: 23 In hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, 
and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. 

Jn. 7: 34 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me : and where 
I am, thither ye cannot come. 

Rev. 14: 10 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath 
of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of 
his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brim- 
stone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence 
of the Lamb. [See 387.] 

5. Darkness and gloom. 

Jer. 18: 16 Give glory to the Lord your God, before he 
cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark 
mountains, and while ye look for light, he turn it into the shad- 
ow of death, and make it gross darkness. 
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PUNISHMENT FUTURE. 573 

Its Sources. 

Zep. 1: 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and 
distress, a day of wasteness and desolation, a day of darkness 
and gloominess, a day of clouds and thick darkness. 

Mat. 8: 12 The children of the kingdom shall be cast out 
into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

2 Pet. 2: 17 These are wells without water, clouds that are 
carried with a tempest; to whom the mist of darkness is re- 
served for ever. 

Jude 12 These are spots in your feasts of charity, when 
they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear : clouds 
they are without water, carried about of winds ; trees whose 
fruit withereth, without fruit twice dead, plucked up by the 
roots ; 13 Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own 
shame ; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness 
of darkness for ever. 

3. Painful fears and terrors 

Job 6: 4 The arrows of the Almighty are within me, the 
poison whereof drinketh up my spirit : the terrors of God do 
set themselves in array against me. 

Ps. 73: 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a mo- 
ment : they are utterly consumed with terrors. 

Pr. 10: 24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him : 
but the desire of the righteous shall be granted. 

2 Cor. 5:11 Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we 
persuade men. 

Rev. 6:16 And said to the mountains and rocks. Fall on us, 
and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, 
and from the wrath of the Lamb. 

7. Enduring the just scorn of the universe forever 

Job 22: 15 Hast thou marked the old way which wicked 
men have trodden ? 16 Which were cut down out of time, 
whose foundation was overflown with a flood : 1 9 The right- 
eous see it, and are glad: and the innocent laugh them to 
scorn. 

Ps. 2: 4 He that sitteth in the heavens shall laugh: the 
Lord shall have them in derision. 5 Then shall he speak 
unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. 
■ — 52: 1 Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, O mighty man ? 
the goodness of God endureth continually. 5 God shall like- 
wise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck 
thee out of thy dwelling-place, and root thee out of the land of 
the living. 6 The righteous also shall see, and fear, and shall 

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574 PUNISHMENT ftjtuhe. 

Present and future degradation of the wicked. 

laugh at him. — 59: 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth: 
swords are in their lips : for who, say they, doth hear ? 8 But 
thou, O Lord, shalt laugh at them ; thou shalt have all the 
heathen in derision. 

Pr. 1: 26 I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock 
when your fear cometh ; 27 When your fear cometh as deso- 
lation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when 
distress and anguish cometh upon you. — 3: 34 Surely he 
scorneth the scorners : but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 

Dan. 12: 2 Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth 
shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and 
everlasting contempt. [See 513.] 

8. Pains of body by fire. 

Is. 33: 14 The sinners in Zion are afraid ; fearfulness hath 
surprised the hypocrites. Who among us shall dwell with the 
devouring fire? who among us shall dwell with everlasting 
burnings ? 

Lk. 16: 24 He cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mer- 
cy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his 
finger in water, and cool my tongue : for I am tormented in 
this flame. [See 343.] 

574. Degradation of the wicked^ here and hereafter. 

Tit. 3: S We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobe- 
dient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

Rev. 22: 15 Without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremon- 
gers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and 
maketh a lie. [See 513.] 



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REDEMPTION, 575, 576 

Covenant of — Necessity of Atonement. 



REDEMPTION OF SAINTS. 

575. Redemption — Covenant of. 

Ps, 89: 3 I have made a covenant with mj chosen, I have 
sworn unto David my servant, 4 Thy seed will I establish 
for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. 

Is, 53: 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the 
great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong ; because 
he hath poured out his soul unto death. 

Zee. 6: 12 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying, Behold 
the man whose name is The BRANCH ; and he shall grow 
up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord : 
13 Even he shall build the temple of the Lord ; and he shall 
bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne : and he 
shall be a priest upon his throne : and the counsel of peace 
shall be between them both. 

Jn. 6: 39 This is the Father's will which hath sent me, that 
of all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but 
should raise it up again at the last day. — 17: 6 I have mani- 
fested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of 
the world : thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; and 
they have kept thy word. 11 Holy Father, keep through 
thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they 
may be one, as we are, 

Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, that brought again from the 
dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through 
the blood of the everlasting covenant, 21 Make you perfect 
in every good work. 

576. Necessiti/ of atonement^ or the salvation of sinners through obedience to 
the law of God, hopeless, 

Ps. 143: 2 Enter not into judgment with thy servant: for 
in thy sight shall no man living be justified. 

Mat. 18: 11 The Son of man is come to save that which 
was lost. 

Ac. 4: 12 Neither is there salvation in any other: for there 
is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby 
we must be saved, — 13: 38 Be it known unto you therefore, 
men and brethren, that through this man is preached unto you 
the forgiveness of sins ; 39 And by him all that believe are 
justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified 
by the law of Moses. 

Rom. 3: 19 We know that what things soever the lawsaith, 
it saith to them who are under the law : that every mouth may 

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Necessity of Atonement. 



be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. 
20 Therefore by the deeds of the law, there shall no flesh be 
justified in his sight : for by the law i$ the knowledge of sin. 
•—5: 6 When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ 
died for the ungodly. — 9: 31 Israel, which followed after the 
law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of right- 
eousness. 32 Wherefore? Because they mught it not by 
faith, but as it were by the works of the law. For they stum- 
bled at that stumbling-stone. 

Gal. 2: 1 6 Knowing that a man is not justified hj the works 
of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have be- 
lieved in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith 
of Christ, and not by the works of the law : for by the works 
of the law shall no flesh be justified. 20 I am crucified with 
Christ : nevertheless, I live ; yet not I, but Christ hveth in 
me : and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the 
faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for 
me. 21 I do not frustrate the grace of God : for if right- 
eousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. — 3: 10 
As many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse : 
for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all 
things which are written in the book of the law to do them. 
11 But that no man is justified by the law in the sight of 
God, it is evident: for. The just shall live by faith. 12 And 
the law is not of faith. 18 For if the inheritance he of the 
law, it is no more of promise : But God gave it to Abra- 
ham by promise. 19 Wherefore then serveth the law? It 
was added because of transgressions, till the seed should 
come to whom the promise was made ; and it was ordained 
by angels in the hand of a mediator. 20 Now, a media- 
tor is not a mediator of one; but God is one. 21 is the 
law then against the promises of God ? God forbid : for if 
there had been a law given which could have given life, verily 
righteousness should have been by the law. 22 But the scrip- 
ture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of 
Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe. 23 But 
before faith came, we were kept under the law, shut up unto 
the faith which should afterwards be revealed. 24 Where- 
fore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that 
we might be justified by faith. 

Ph. 3: 4 If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof 
he might trust in the flesh, I more : 5 Circumcised the eighth 
day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, an He- 
brew of the Hebrews ; as touching the law, a Pharisee ; 6 
Concerning zeal, persecuting the church ; touching the right- 
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REDEMPTION. 577 



Through the death of Christ. 



eousness which is in the law, blameless. 7 But what things 
were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. 

Heb. 9: 23 It was therefore necessary that the patterns of 
things in the heavens should be purified with these ; but the 
heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 

Jam. 2: 10 Whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet 
offend in one point, he is guilty of all. [See 183.] 

577. Redemption through the death or blood of Christ. 

Lev. 17: 11 The life of the flesh is in the blood; and I 
have given it to you upon the altar, to make an atonement for 
your souls : for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for 
the soul. 

Is. 53: 5 He was wounded for our transgressions, he was 
bruised for our iniquities ; the chastisement of our peace was 
upon him ; and with his stripes we are healed. 

Mat. 20: 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be minis- 
tered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for 
many. — 26: 28 This is my blood of the new testament, which 
is shed for many for the remission of sins. 

Jn. 3: 14 As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, 
even so must the Son of man be lifted up : 15 That whosoever 
believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. — 6: 51 
The bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for 
the life of the world. 

Ac. 20: 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all 
the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you over- 
seers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

Rom. 3: 25 Whom God hath set forth to he a propitiation, 
through faith in his blood. — 5:8 God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for 
us. 9 Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we 
shall be saved from wrath through him. 1 1 We also joy in 
God, through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now 
received the atonement. 

1 Cor. 5: 7 Christ our passover is sacrificed for us. — 15: 3 
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures. 

Gal. 3: 13 Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the 
law, being made a curse for us : for it is written. Cursed is every 
one that hangeth on a tree. 

Ep. 2: 13 Li Christ Jesus, ye, who sometimes were far ofi^ 
are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

Heb. 9: 12 Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by 
his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having 

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Through the death of Christ. 



obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of 
bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the 
unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh : 14 How much 
more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit 
offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience 
from dead works to serve the living God ? 22 And almost all 
things are by the law purged with blood ; and without shedding 
of blood is no remission. 26 But now once in the end of the 
world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of 
himself. 27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but 
after this the judgment : 28 So Christ was once offered to bear 
the sins of many. — 10: 10 By the which will we are sanctified 
through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for alL 

11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 

12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, 
for ever sat down on the right hand of God ; 13 From hence- 
forth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. 14 For 
by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. 19 Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter 
into the holiest by the blood of Jesus, 20 By a new and living 
way, which he hath consecrated for us, through the vail, that is 
to say, his fiesh. 

1 Pet. 1: 18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not re- 
deemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your 
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers ; 19 
But with the precious blood of Christ. — 2: 24 Who his own 
self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being 
dead to sins, should live unto righteousness : by whose stripes 
ye were healed. — 8; 18 Christ also hath once suffered for sins, 
the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being 
put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit. 

1 Jn. 1: 7 If we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we 
have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ 
his Son cleanseth us from all sin. 

[Jn. 1: 29, and 10: 15. Gal. 1: 4, and 2: 20. 1 Tim. 1: 1.] 

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REDEMPTION. 578 



Efficacy of the Atonement, 



678. Efficacy of the atonement, or ^Uhe Lord our rigliteousnessP 

Is. 53: 6 The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. 

Jer. 23: 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall 
dwell safely : and this is his name whereby he shall be called, 
THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

Dan. 9: 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people 
and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make 
an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to 
bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and 
prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. 

Jn. 3: 17 God sent not his Son into the world to condemn 
the world, but that the world through him might be saved. — 
6: 51 I am the living bread which came down from heaven : 
if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever : and the 
bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life 
of the world. 55 My flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is 
drink indeed. — 1 0: 9 I am the door : by me if any man enter 
in, ho shall be saved. 

Rom. 1: 16 I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for 
it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believ- 
eth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. 17 For therein 
is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith : as it 
is written. The just shall live by faith, — 3: 21 But now the 
righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being 
witnessed by the law and the prophets ; 22 Even the right- 
eousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and 
upon all them that believe ; for there is no difference. — 5: 10 
If when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the 
death of his Son ; much more, being reconciled, we shall be 
saved by his life. 11 And not only 50, but we also joy in God, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received 
the atonement. 15 Not as the offence, so also is the free gift. 
For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more 
the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, 
Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as it 
was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment was 
by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences 
unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence death 
reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of 
grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by 
one, Jesus Christ. 18 Therefore, as by the offence of one 
judgment came upon all men to condemnation, even so by the 
righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justi- 
fication of life. 19 For as by one man's disobedience many 

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A perfect Redeemer — A ransom for all. 



were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be 
made righteous. 20 Moreover the law entered, that the offence 
might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more 
abound : 21 That as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might 
grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life, by Jesus 
Christ our Lord. — 10: 3 They, being ignorant of God's right- 
eousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, 
have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 
4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every 
one that believeth. 

Ep. 5: 2 Walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and 
hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to God for 
a sweet-smelling savor. 

Ph. 3: 9 And be found in him, not having mine own right- 
eousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the 
faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith. 

1 Jn. 4: 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, 
that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that 
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the 
propitiation for our sins. [1 Jn. 3: 5.] 

579. Redemption requires a perjict Redeemer. 

Lev. 22: 19 Ye shall offer at your own will a male without 
blemish of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats. 20 But 
whatsoever hath a blemish, that shall ye not offer : for it shall 
not be acceptable for you. 

Mai. 1: 8 If ye offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? 
and if ye offer the lame and sick, is it not evil ? offer it now 
unto thy governor ; will he be pleased with thee, or accept thy 
person ? saith the Lord of hosts. 

Heb. 7: 26 Such a high priest became us, who is holy, harm- 
less, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than 
the heavens ; 27 Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, 
to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the 
people's : for this he did once, when he offered up himself. 

1 Pet. 1: 19 With the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb 
without blemish and without spot. 

580. The Redeemer "a ransom for all.^^ 

Jn. 1: 29 Behold the lamb of God, which taketh away the 
sin of the world ! — 3: 17 God sent not his Son into the world 
to condemn the world, but that the world through him might 
be saved. — 4: 42 This is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the 
world. 

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The Father's agency in — Peace with God. 



Rom. 5: 18 As by the offence of one judgment came upon 
all men to condemnation, even so bj the righteousness of one 
the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. 

2 Cor. 5: 14 The love of Christ constraineth us ; because we 
thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead : 15 And 
that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth 
live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and 
rose again, 

1 Tim. 2: 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified 
in due time. 

Heb. 2; 9 We see Jesus, who was made a little lower than 
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and 
honor; that he by the grace of God should taste death for 
every man. 

1 Jn. 2: 2 He is the propitiation for our sins : and not for 
ours only, but also for the sins o/'the whole world. [See 370.] 

581. Agency of the Father in making atonement. 

Is. 53: 6 All we like sheep have gone astray ; we have 
turned every one to his own way ; and the Lord hath laid on 
him the iniquity of us all. 10 It pleased the Lord to bruises 
him ; he hath put him to grief. 

Jn. 3: 16 God so loved the world, that he gave his only-be- 
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, 
but have everlasting Ife. 

Rom. 3: 25 Whom God hath set forth to he a propitiation. 

Gal. 4: 4 When the fulness of the time was come, God sent 
forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, 5 To 
redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive 
the adoption of sons. 

1 Jn. 4: 9 In this was manifested the love of God toward us, 
because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, 
that we might live through him. 10 Herein is love, not that 
we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to he the 
propitiation for our sins. 

582. Redemption includes peace with God. 

Rom. 5: 1 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, 
through our Lord Jesus Christ : 2 By whom also we have 
access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in 
hope of the glory of God. 10 For if when we were enemies, 
we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, 
being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

2 Cor. 5: 18 AH things are of God, who hath reconciled us 
to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of 

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reconciliation ; 19 To wit, That God was in Christ, reconciling 
the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them ; 
and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation. 

Ep. 2: 13 In Christ Jesus, ye, who sometime were far oft*, 
are made nigh by the blood of Christ. 14 For he is our 
peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the 
middle wall of partition between us ; 15 Having abolished in 
his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained 
in ordinances : for to make in himself of twain one new man, 
so making peace ; 1 6 And that he might reconcile both unto 
God in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity thereby: 
17 And came and preached peace to you which were afar off*, 
and to them that were nigh. 18 For through him we both 
have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 Now therefore 
ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens 
with the saints, and of the household of God. 

Col. 1: 20 Having made peace through the blood of his cross, 
by him to reconcile all things unto himself ; by him, 1 say^ 
whether they he things in earth, or things in heaven. 21 And 
you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind 
by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, 22 In the body 
of his flesh through death, to present you holy, and unblamable, 
and unreprovable, in his sight. 

Heb. 2: 17 In all things it behoved him to be made like unto 
his brethren ; that he might be a merciful and faithful High 
Priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for 
the sins of the people. [See Qt^^J] 

583. Redemption includes forgiveness or justification^ and access. 

Ps. 32: 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose 
sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord 
imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. — 
[Rom. 4: 7] — Ps. 85: 2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity of thy 
people, thou hast covered all their sin. 3 Thou hast taken 
away all thy wrath : thou hast turned thyself from the fierceness 
of thine anger. — 130: 4 There is forgiveness with thee, that 
thou mayest be feared. 

Is. 43: 25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out thy transgressions 
for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins. — 44: 22 
I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and as 
a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee. — 
55: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man 
his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he will 
have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

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REDEMPTION. 583 



Includes Forgiveness, and Access. 



Mic. 7: 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth 
iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of 
his heritage ? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he 
delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have 
compassion upon us ; he will subdue our iniquities : and thou 
wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. 

Rom. 3: 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus. — 6: 14 For sin shall not 
have dominion over you : for ye are not under the law, but 
under grace. — 8: 1 There is therefore now no condemnation 
to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the 
flesh, but after the Spirit. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life 
in Christ Jesus, hath made me free from the law of sin and 
death. 28 We know that all things work together for good, 
to them that love God, to them who are the called according 
to his purpose. 29 For whom he did foreknow, he also did 
predestinate to he conformed to the image of his Son, that he 
might be the first-born among many brethren. 30 Moreover, 
whom he did predestinate, them he also called ; and whom he 
called, them he also justified : and whom he justified, them he 
also glorified. 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of 
God's elect? It is [Is it] God that justifieth: 34 Who is he 
that condemneth ? It is [Is it] Christ that died, yea rather, 
that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who 
also maketh intercession for us. 37 Nay, in all these things 
we are more than conquerors, through him that loved us. 

1 Cor. 6: 1 1 Ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, 
and by the Spirit of our God. — 15: 57 Thanks he to God, 
which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 

Gal. 5: 18 If ye be led by the Spirit, ye are not under the 
law. 

Ep. 1: 6 He hath made us accepted in the Beloved, 7 In 
whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of his grace. — 2: 18 Through 
him we both have access by one Spirit unto the Father. 19 
Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God. — 
3: 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by 
the faith of him. — 4: 32 Be ye kind one to another, tender- 
hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake 
hath forgiven you. 

Col. 1: 21 You, that were sometime alienated and enemies 
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled. — 
2: 13 You, being dead in your sins and the uncircumcision of 
your flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having for- 

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Includes Adoption, Mercy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness. 

given you all trespasses : 1 4 Blotting out the hand-writing of 
ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and 
took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross. 

1 Jn. 2: 12 I write unto you, little children, because your 
sins are forgiven you for his name's sake. 

584. Redemption includes adoption as " sons of God^ 

Jn. 1: 12 As many as received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 
name. 

Rom. 8: 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, they 
are the sons of God. 15 For ye have not received the spirit 
of bondage again to fear ; but ye have received the Spirit of 
adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 16 The Spirit itself 
beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God : 
17 And if children, then heirs : heirs of God, and joint-heirs 
with Christ ; if so be that we suffer with him, that we may be 
also glorified together. 

2 Cor. 6; 17 I will receive you ; 18 And will be a Father 
unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the 
Lord Almighty. 

Gal. 3: 26 Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ 
Jesus. 29 And if ye he Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, 
and heirs according to the promise. — 4: 4 When the fulness 
of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, 
made under the law, 5 To redeem them that were under the 
law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. 6 And 
because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 7 Wherefore thou art 
no more a servant, but a son ; and if a son, then an heir of God 
through Christ. 

Ep. 1: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of 
children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good 
pleasure of his will. 

1 Jn. 3: 1 Behold what manner of love the Father hath 
bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God ! 
therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. 
2 Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet 
appear what we shall be : but we know that, when he shall 
appear, we shall be like him ; for we shall see him as he is. 

[See 254-5, 504, 672.] 

585. Redemption includes peculiar mercy ^faithfulness^ and loving kindness 
to Zion. 

Dt. 7: 9 Know therefore that the Lord thy God he is Grod, 

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Includes Mercy, Faithfulness, and Loving-kindness. 



the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them 
that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand gene- 
rations. — 32: 9 The Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is 
the lot of his inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, 
and in the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he 
instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 11 As an 
eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth 
abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; 12 
So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god 
with him. 

Neh. 9: 17 Thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious, and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest 
them not. 18 Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, 
and said. This is thy Gt)d that brought thee up out of Egypt, 
and had wrought great provocations; 19 Yet thou in thy mani- 
fold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness : the pillar 
of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the 
way ; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, 
and the way wherein they should go. 20 Thou gavest also thy 
good Spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna 
from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. 21 
Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so 
that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their 
feet swelled not. 

Job 86: 7 He withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous : 
but with kings are they on the throne ; yea, he doth establish 
them for ever, and they are exalted. 

Ps. 105: 12 When they were hut a few men in number; yea, 
very few, and strangers in it. 13 When they went from one 
nation to another, from one kingdom to another people ; 14 
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings 
for their sakes ; 15 Saying , Touch not mine anointed, and Lo 
my prophets no harm. 

Is. 40: 1 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. 
— 49: 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break 
forth into singing, O mountains : for the Lord hath comforted 
his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But 
Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath for- 
gotten me. 15 Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she 
should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they 
may forget, yet will I not forget thee. 16 Behold, I have 
graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; thy walls are conti- 
nually before me. — 54: 8 In a httle wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment ; but with everlasting kindness will I have 
mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 10 For the 

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A Avork of Grace. 



mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed; but mj 
kindness shall not depart from thee, neither shall the covenant 
of my peace be removed, saith the Lord that hath mercy on 
thee. 17 No weapon that is formed against thee shall pros- 
per; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment 
thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the 
Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord. — 
63: 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of 
his presence saved them : in his love and in his pity he re- 
deemed them ; and he bare them,and carried them all the days 
of old. 

Hos. 2: 19 I will betroth thee unto me for ever ; yea, I will 
betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in 
loving kindness, and in mercies. 

Zee. 2: 8 Thus saith the Lord of hosts : After the glory 
hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you : for he 
that toucheth you, toucheth the apple of his eye. 

Mat. 28: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever 
I have commanded you : and lo, I am with you always, even 
unto the end of the world. 

Jn. 14: 16 I will pray the Father, and he shall give you 
another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever ; 17 
M;en the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, be- 
cause it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; 
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. 18 I will not 
leave you comfortless : I will come to you. 

Rev. 1: 5 Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our 
sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests 
unto God and his Father ; to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. [See 60, 94-5, 233, 672.] 

586. Redemption or salvation by grace. 

Ac. 20: 24 The gospel of the grace of God. 

Rom. 3: 24 Being justified freely by his grace, through the 
redemption that is in Christ Jesus. — 5: 8 God commendeth 
his love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ 
died for us. 15 (But not as the offlsnce, so also is the free 
gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much 
more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one 
man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. 16 And not as 
it was by one that sinned, so is the gift. For the judgment 
was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many 
offences unto justification. 17 For if by one man's offence 
death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abun- 
dance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in 
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REDEMPTION. 587 



A Work of Grace — Honorable to God's Law. 



life by one, Jesus Christ.) — 9: 16 It is not of him that wil- 
leth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that showeth mercy. 
11: 5 At this present time also there is a remnant according to 
the election of grace. 6 And if by grace, then is it no more of 
works : otherwise grace is no more grace. 

1 Cor. 4: 7 Who maketh thee to differ from another ? and 
what hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst 
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received 
tV? — 15: 10 By the grace of God I am what I am. 

Ep. 1: 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of chil- 
dren by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure 
of his will, 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein 
he hath made us accepted in the Beloved. — 2: 4 God, who is 
rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us. 5 
Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together 
with Christ ; (by grace ye are saved ;) 6 And hath raised us 
up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places, in 
Christ Jesus : 7 That in the acres to come he miojht shew the 
exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us, through 
Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace are ye saved, through faith; 
and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God : 9 Not of 
works, lest any man should boast. 10 For we are his work- 
manship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God 
hath before ordained that we should walk in them. 

2 Tim. 1: 9 Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy 
calling, not according to our works, but according to his own 
purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before 
the world began. 

Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour ; 7 
That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs 
according to the hope of -eternal Hfe. 

1 Pet. 1: 10 Of which salvation the prophets have inquired 
and searched dihgently, who prophesied of the grace that should 
come unto you. [See 305, 668.] 

587. Redemption honorable to God and his law. 

Ps. 85: 10 Mercy and truth are met together: righteousness 
and peace have kissed each other. 

Is. 42: 21 The Lord is well pleased for his righteousness' 
sake ; he will magnify the law. And make k honorable. 

Rom. 3: 26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness : 
that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth 

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588 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

God able to Sanctify. 

in Jesus. 31 Do we then make void the law through faith? 
God forbid : yea, we establish the law. 

2 Cor. 4: 6 God, who commanded the light to shine out of 
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Ep. 3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, 
in this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ ; 9 And to make all men 
see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the 
beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created 
all things by Jesus Christ : 10 To the intent that now unto 
the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be 
known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, 1 1 Ac- 
cording to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ 
Jesus our Lord. 

1 Tim. 1: 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed 
God which was committed to my trust. 

1 Pet. 1: 12 Which things the angels desire to look into. 

[See 277.] 



EEGENEEATION AND SANCTIFICATION 

588. God able to sanctify us, and to keep us from sin. 

Ps. 110: 3 Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy 
power. 

Ezk. 36: 26 I will take away the stony heart out of your 
flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. 

Mic. 2: 7 O thou that art named The house of Jacob, is the 
Spirit of the Lord straitened ? 

2 Cor. 9: 8 God is able to make all grace abound toward 
you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may 
abound to every good work. 

Ep. 1: 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlight- 
ened ; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and 
what the I'iches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 
19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us- 
ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty 
power, 20 Which he wrought in Christ,when he raised him 
from the dead. — 3: 20 Unto him that is able to do exceed- 
ing abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to 
the power that worketh in us. 21 Unto him be glory in 
the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world with- 
out end. 

Jude 24 Unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and 



RE6rBNERATI0N AND SANCTIFICATION. 589 

Regeneration necessary. 

to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with 
exceeding joy, 25 To the only wise God our Saviour, be 
glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. 
[See 218, 234] 

589. Regeneration necessary^ or the total sinfulness of unregenerate doings. 

Ps. 50: 16 Unto the wicked God saith, what hast thou to do 
to declare my statutes, or that thou shouldest take my covenant 
in thy mouth ? 

Is. 1: 11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacri- 
fices unto me ? saith the Lord : I am full of the burnt-offer- 
ings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats. 12 When 
ye come to appear before me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts ? 13 Bring no more vain oblations : 
incense is an abomination unto me ; the new moons and sab- 
baths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is 
iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 14 Your new moons and 
your appointed feasts my soul hateth : they are a trouble unto 
me ; I am weary to bear them, 15 And when ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye 
make many prayers, I will not hear : your hands are full of 
blood. 

Am. 5: 21 I hate, I despise your feast days, and I will not 
smell in your solemn assemblies. 22 Though ye offer me 
burnt-offerings and your meat-offerings, I will not accept them: 
neither will I regard the peace-offerings of your fat beasts. 23 
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs ; for I will not 
hear the melody of thy viols. 

Mat. 15: 7 Te hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, 
saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their 
mouth, and honoreth me with their lips ; but their heart is far 
from me. — 18: 3 Verily, I say unto you. Except ye be con- 
verted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. — ■ 23: 25 Wo unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the 
cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion 
and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which 
is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be 
clean also. 

Jn. 3: 3 Jesus answered and said unto him, Yerily, verily, 
I say unto thee. Except a man be born again, he cannot 
see the kingdom of God. 5 Except a man be born of water, 
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of 

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Preceded by Conviction — A Radical Change — Nature of. 

God. 7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be bora 
again. 

Heb. 11: 6 Without faith it is impossible to please Jdm: for 
he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is 
a rewarder of them that diligently seek him. 

[See 165, 546, 688-9.] 

590. Regeneration preceded by conviction^ and the death of false hopes, 

Ac. 2: 37 When they heard this^ they were pricked in their 
heart, and said unto Peter and to the rest of the apostles. Men 
and brethren, what shall we do ? 

Rom. 7: 9 I was alive without the law once : but when the 
commandment came, sin revived, and I died. 10 And the 
commandment which was ordained to life, I found to be unto 
death. 11 For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, 
deceived me, and by it slew me, [See 356.] 

591. Regeneration^ a radical change. 

Ezk. 36: 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a new 
spirit will 1 put within you. 

Rom. 2: 28 He is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither 
is that circumcision,which is outward in the flesh: 29 But he 
is a Jew which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the 
heart, in the spirit, ayid not in the letter ; whose praise is not 
of men, but of God. 

2 Cor. 5: 17 If any man he in Christ, he is a new creature : 
old things are passed away ; behold, all things are become 
new. 

Gal. 5: 24 They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, 
with the affections and lusts. — 6: 15 In Christ Jesus neither 
circumcision availeth anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new 
creature. [See 645.] 

592. Regeneration a moral or spiritual change. 

Jn. 3: 6 That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that 
which is born of the Spirit? is spirit. 

Gal. 5: 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, 
long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. 

Ep. 4: 22 That ye put off* concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts : 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind. 

1 Jn. 4: 7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of 
God ; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth 
God. [See 329, 600.] 
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Alarming to Sinners — Creative Power in. 

593. Regeneration alarming to sinners. 

Ps. 40: 3 He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise 
unto our God : many shall see it^ and fear, and shall trust in 
the Lord. 

Ac. 2: 41 Then they that gladly received his word, were 
baptized : and the same day there were added unto them about 
three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in 
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of 
bread, and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul. 

594. Creative or omnipotent power exerted in regeneration and sancitifica- 
tion. 

Dt. 30: 6 The Lord thy God will circumcise thy heart, 
and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou- may est live. 

Ps. 51: 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew 
a right spirit within me. 

Jer. 24: 7 I will give them a heart to know me, that I am 
the Lord : and they shall be my people, and I will be their God • 
for they shall return unto me with their whole heart. — 31: 33 
This shall he the cevenant that I will make with the house of 
Israel ; After those days, saith the Lord, 1 will put my law in 
their inward parts, and write it in their hearts ; and will be 
their God, and they shall be my people. 

Ezk. 11: 19 I will give them one heart, and I will put a 
new spirit within you ; and I will take the stony heart out of 
their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh : 20 That they 
may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do 
them : and they shall be my people, and I will be their God. — 
36: 25 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall 
be clean : from all your fllthiness, and from all your idols, will I 
cleanse you. 26 A new heart also will I give you, and a 
new spirit will I put within you : and I will take away the 
stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of 
flesh. 27 And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you 
to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do 
them, 

Jn. 1:12 As many as received him, to them gave he power 
to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his 
name: 13 Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of 
the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 

Rom. 9: 15 He saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom 
I will have mercy, and I wiU have compassion on whom I will 
have compassion. 1 6 So then, it is not of him that willeth, 

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595 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

Holy exercises given. 

nor of him tliat runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy. — 
15; 16 Being sanctified by the Holy Ghost. 

1 Cor. 3: 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but min- 
isters by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every 
man ? 6 1 have planted, Apollos watered : but God gave the 
increase. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thing, 
neither he that watereth : but God that giveth the increase. 
— 4: 7 Who maketh thee to diflfer from another ? and what 
hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst 
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received 
it? 

Ep. 2: 4 God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love where- 
with he loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, 
hath quickened us together with Christ. 8 For by grace ye 
are saved, through faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the 
gift of God. 10 Foi' we are his workmanship, created in 
Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained 
that we should walk in them. — 4: 24 That ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holi- 
ness. 

Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made 
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 

2 Th. 2: 13 God hath from the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation, through sanctification of the Spirit, and belief of the 
truth. 

Tit. 3: 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, 
but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of 
regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 6 Which he 
shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 

Heb. 13: 20 The God of peace, 21 Make you perfect in 
every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is 
well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be 
glory for ever and ever. 

Jam. 1: 18 Of his own will begat he us with the word of 
truth, that we should be a kind of first-fruits of his creatures. 

[See 347,(4) 434.] 

595. Particular holy exercises the gift of God. 

Ac. 5: 31 Him hath God exalted with his right hand to he a 
Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and for- 
giveness of sins. 

Rom. 5: 5 Hope maketh not ashamed : because the love of 
God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is 
4'2() 



REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 596, 597 

Saints dependant — Effectual calling. 

given unto us. — 12:3 I say, through the grace given unto 
me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself 
more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, 
according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith. 

Ep. 2: 8 By grace are ye saved, through faith ; and that not 
of yourselves : it is the gift of God. 

2 Tim. 2: 25 In meekness instructing those that oppose 
themselves ; if God peradventure will give them repentance to 
the acknowledging of the truth. 

596. Saints as dependant as sinners^ for holy affections. 

Ps. 17: 5 Hold up my goings in thy paths, tliat my footsteps 
slip not. — 51: 11 Cast me not away from thy presence ; and 
take not thy Holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore unto me the 
joy of thy salvation ; and uphold me with thy free Spirit. — 
68: 35 O God, thou art terrible out of thy Holy places : the 
God of Israel is he that giveth strength and power unto his 
people. — 119: 32 I will run the way of thy commandments, 
when thou shalt enlarge my heart. 117 Hold thou me up, 
and I shall be safe : and I will have respect unto thy statutes 
continually. 

Song 1: 4 Draw me, we will run after thee. 

Jn. 15: 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that 
abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much 
fruit : for without me ye can do nothing. 

1 Cor. 15: 10 By the grace of God I am what I am : and 
his grace which was bestowed upon me, was not in vain ; but I 
labored more abundantly than they all : yet not I, but the 
grace of God which was with me. 

1 Pet. 1: 5 Who are kept by the power of God through 
faith unto salvation. [See 262.] 

597. Effectual calling. 

Ac. 2: 39 The promise is unto you, and to your children, and 
to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall 
call. 

Rom. 1: 6 Amongwhomareyealsothecalledof Jesus Christ: 
7 To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to he saints : 
Grace to you, and peace from God our Father, and the Lord 
Jesus Christ. — 8: 30 Whom he did predestinate, them he also 
called : and whom he called, them he also justified : and whom 
he justified, them he also glorified. — 9: 23 That he might 
make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, 
which he had afore prepared unto glory, 24 Even us, whom 
ne hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles ? 

1 Cor. 1: 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the 

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598 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

Illumination. 

fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 23 But we 
preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and 
unto the Greeks foolishness ; 24 But unto them which are 
called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and 
the wisdom of God. 

1 Th. 2: 12 Walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto 
his kingdom and glory. [1 Pet. 2: 9.] 

598. Regeneration and sanctijication illuminate. 

Ps. 25: 14 The secret of the Lord is with them that fear 
him ; and he will shew them his covenant. 

Pr. 1: 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of know- 
ledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. — 16: 23 The 
heart of the wise teacheth his mouth and addeth learning to 
his lips. — 28: 5 Evil men understand not judgment : but they 
that seek the Lord understand all things, 

Ec. 8: 5 Whoso keepeth the commandment shall feel no 
evil thing : and a wise man's heart discerneth both time and 
judgment. 

Dan. 12: 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and 
tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly : and none of the 
wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall understand. 

Jn. 7: 17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the 
doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 

1 Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of the 
Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither can 
he know if/iem, because they are spiritually discerned. 15 But 
he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged 
of no man. 

2 Cor. 4: 6 God, who commanded the light to shine out of 
darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the 
knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 

Ep. 5: 8 Ye were sometime darkness, but now are ye light 
in the Lord : walk as children of light. 

Col. 1: 12 Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made 
us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in 
light: 13 Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, 
and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son. 

1 Th. 5: 4 Ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day 
should overtake you as a thief. 5 Ye are all the children of 
light, and the children of the day : we are not of the night, 
nor of darkness. 

1 Pet. 2: 9 Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 
a holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth 
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REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 599, 600 

Connected with divine Teaching — Activity in. 

the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into 
his marvellous light. 

1 Jn. 2: 8 A new commandment I write unto you, which 
thing is true in him and in you : because the darkness is past, 
and the true light now shineth. 9 He that saith he is in the 
light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now. 
10 He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is 
none occasion of stumbling in him. 1 1 But he that hateth his 
brother is in darkness, and walketh in darkness, and knoweth 
not whither he goeth, because that darkness hath blinded his 
eyes. 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye 
know all things. 211 have not written unto you because ye know 
not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the 
truth. [See 707.] 

599. Regeneration connected with divine teaching. 

Job 36: 22 Behold, Godexalteth by his power: whoteacheth 
like him? 

Ps. 25: 8 Good and upright is the Lord : therefore will he 
teach sinners in the way. 9 The meek will he guide in judg- 
ment : and the meek will he teach his way. 12 What man is 
he that feareth the Lord ? him shall he teach in the way that 
he shall choose. 

Is. 54: 13 All thy children shall he taught of the Lord ; and 
great shall be the peace of thy children. 

Jn. 6: 45 It is written in the prophets. And they shall be all 
taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and 
hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 

600. Are men active^ under the influence of means and instruments, and the 
agency of the Holy Spirit ? 

Ps. 119: 59 I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto 
thy testimonies. 112 I have inclined mine heart to perform 
thy statutes always, even unto the end. 

Ezk. 18: 27 When the wicked man turneth away from his 
wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is 
lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive. 28 Because he 
considereth and turneth away from all his transgressions that 
he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

Ac. 17: 28 In him we live, and move, and have our being. 

1 Cor. 4: 15 Though ye have ten thousand instructors in 
Christ, yet have ye not many fathers : for in Christ Jesus I 
have begotten you through the gospel. 

Col. 3: 9 Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put 
off the old man with his deeds ; 10 And have put on the new 

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601 REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 

Required. 

man^ which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him 
that created him. 

1 Pet. 1: 22 Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying 
the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the breth- 
ren, 8ee that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently. 

[See 271, 329, 332, 432, 592.] 

601. Sinners required to " he converted^'' and holy. 

Dt. 10: 16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, 
and be no more stiff-necked. 

Job. 22: 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: 
thereby good shall come unto thee. 

Pr. 23: 26 My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes 
observe my ways. 

Is. 1: 16 Wash you, make you clean : put away the evil of 
your doings from before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 17 Learn 
to do well. — 42: 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye 
may see. — 45: 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends 
of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. — bb: 7 
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and he will 
have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will abundantly 
pardon. 

Jer. 4: 8 Thus saith the Lord to the men of Judah and 
Jerusalem, Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among 
thorns. 4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, and take away 
the foreskins of your heart, 14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall 
thy vain thoughts lodge within thee ? 

Ezk. 18: 30 Repent, and turn yourselves from all your trans- 
gressions ; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 31 Cast away 
from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have trans- 
gressed : and make you a new heart and a new spirit : for why 
will ye die, O house of Israel ? 32 For I have no pleasure 
in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God : wherefore 
turn yourselves, and live ye. — 33: 11 Say unto them, ^5 I live, 
saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the 
wicked ; but that the wicked turn from his way and live : turn 
ye, turn ye from your evil ways ; for why will ye die, O house 
of Israel ? 

Mat. 25: 24 He which had received the one talent came, 
and said. Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping 
where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not 
strewed : 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent 
in the earth : lo, thei^e thou liast that is thine. 26 His lord 
430 



REGENERATION AND SANCTIFICATION. 602 

Evidences of. 

answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, 
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where 
I have not strewed : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put 
my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should 
have received mine own with usury. [Lk. 19: 20.] 

Ac. 3: 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your 
sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall 
come from the presence of the Lord. — 16: 31 They said, Be- 
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and 
thy house. — 26: 20 But shewed first unto them of Damascus, 
and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and 
then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, 
and do works meet for repentance. 

Rom. 12: 2 Be not conformed to this world : but be ye trans- 
formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what 
is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. — 13: 14 
Put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for 
the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof, 

2 Cor. 5: 20 We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God 
did beseech you by us : we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye 
reconciled to God. 

Ep. 4: 22 That ye put off concerning the former conversa- 
tion the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful 
lusts ; 23 And be renewed in the spirit of your mind : 24 
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created 
in righteousness and true holiness. 

Ep. 5: 14 Wherefore he saith, Awake, thou that sleepest, 
and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. 

Jam. 4: 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the 
devil, and he will flee from you. 8 Draw nigh to God, and he 
will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and 
purify your hearts, ye double-minded. [See 183, 288, 606.] 

602. Obedience to God^ the evidence of regeneration. 

Ps. 119: 6 Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect 
unto all thy commandments. 

Mat. 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits : Do men 
gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so every 
good tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree bringeth 
forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, 
neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every 
tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know 
them. 21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall 

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602 REGENERATION AND SANCTlJBlCATlON. 

Evidences of. 

enter into the kingdom of heaven ; but he that doeth the will 
of my Father which is in heaven. 

Jn. 8: 47 He that is of Grod, heareth God's words : ye there- 
fore hear ^^em not, because ye are not of God. — 13:35 By 
this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have 
love one to another. — 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, 
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me. 23 Jesus answered 
and said unto him, K a man love me, he will keep my words : 
and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and 
make our abode with him. 24 He that loveth me not, keep- 
eth not my sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, 
but the Father's wliich sent me. 

Rom. 8: ii K any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is 
none of his. 14 As many as are led by the Spirit of God, 
they are the sons of God. 

Jam. 2: 17 Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. 

1 Jn. 2: 3 Hereby we do know that we know him, if we 
keep his commandments. 4 He that saith, I know him, and 
keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not 
in him. 5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the 
love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in him. 
6 He that saith he abideth in him, ought himself also so to 
walk, even as he walked. — 3: 14 We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love the brethren. He that 
loveth not his brother, abideth in death. 18 My little children, 
let us not love in word, neither in tongue, but in deed and in 
truth. 19 And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and 
shall assure our hearts before him. 24 And he that keepeth 
his commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him. And 
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he 
hath given us.— 5: 1 Whosoever belie veth that Jesus is the 
Christ, is born of God : and every one that loveth him that 
begat, loveth him also that is begotten of liim. 2 By this we 
know that we love the children of God, when we love God, 
and keep his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, 
that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are 
not grievous. 4 For whatsoever is born of God, overcometh 
the world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, 
even our faith. [See 186.] 
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REPENTANCE. 60S 



Nature and Manifestations of. 



REPENTANCE, 

603. Nature and manifestations of repentance. 

Job 42: 5 I have heard of thee hj the hearing of the ear : 
but now mine eye seeth thee : 6 Wherefore I abhor myself, 
and repent in dust and ashes. 

Ps. 38: 3 77iere is no soundness in my flesh because of thine 
anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my 
sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone^ over mine head : as an 
heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink, 
and are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled ; 
I am bowed down greatly ; I go mourning all the day long. 
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there 
is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken : 
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 
Lord, all my desii*e is before thee ; and my groaning is not hid 
from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me : as 
for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone. 18 I will declare 
mine iniquity ; I will be sorry for my sin. — 51: 3 I acknowl- 
edge my transgressions : and my sin is ever before me. 4 
Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in 
thy sight : that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, 
and be clear when thou judgest. 17 The sacrifices of God 
are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O Grod, 
thou wilt not despise. — 119: 59 I thought on my ways, and 
turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 60 I made haste, and 
delayed not to keep thy commandments. 

Ezk. 36: 31 Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, 
and your doings that were not good, and shall loathe your- 
selves in your own sight for your iniquities, and for your abom- 
inations. [Ezk. 20: 43.] 

Mat. 26: 75 Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which 
said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. 
And he went out, and wept bitterly. 

Lk. 15: 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto 
him. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, 
1 9 And am no more worthy to be called thy son : make me as 
one of thy hired servants. — 18: 13 The publican, standing 
afar off', would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, 
but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a 
sinner. 

2 Cor. 7: 9 I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that 
ye sorrowed to repentance : for ye were made sorry after a 
godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing. 

37 433 



g04 606 REFENTAKCE. 



Dignity of— EGfects of— Necessity of. 



10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to 
be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 
[See 30, 124, 356-7.] 

604. Moral dignity of true penitence for sin. 

Is. 57: 15 Thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth 
eternity, whose name is Holy ; I dwell in the high and holy 
place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to 
revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the 
contrite ones. 

Lk. 15: 7 I say unto you, that likewise Joy shall be in 
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety 
and nine just persons which need no repentance. 21 The son 
said unto him, Father, I have sinned against Heaven, and in 
thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. 22 
But the father said to his servants. Bring forth the best robe, 
and put it on him. [See 672.} 

605. Effects of repentance and godly soiroiv. 

2 Cor. 7: 11 Behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed 
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, 
what clearing of yourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what 
fear, yea, what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, yea, what re- 
venge ! In all things ye have approved yourselves to be clear 
in this matter. [See 602, 621.] 

606. Bepentatice required — its necessity. 

Ezk. 14: 6 Say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Repent, and turn yourselves from your idols ; and 
turn away your faces from all your abominations. — 18:30 I 
will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his 
ways, saith the Lord Goi>. Repent, and turn yourselves from 
all your transgressions ; so iniquity shall not be your ruin. 

Mat. 3: 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in 
the wilderness of Judea, And saying, Repent ye ; for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. — 4: 17 From that time Jesus 
began to preach, and to say. Repent; for the kingdom of 
heaven is at hand. 

Lk. 13: 3 I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall 
all likewise perish. 

Ac. 2: 38 Then Peter said unto them. Repent, and be bap- 
tized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ, for the 
remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. — 3: 19 Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that 
your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing 
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REPENTANCE. 607 



Encouraged. 



shall come from the presence of the Lord. — 8: 22 Repent 
therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray Grod, if perhaps the 
thought of thy heart may be forgiven thee. — 17: 30 The times 
of this ignorance Grod winked at ; but now commandeth all 
men every where to repent. — 20: 21 Testifying both to the 
Jews, and also to the Greeks, repentance toward God, and faith 
toward our Lord Jesus Christ. — 26: 20 But shewed first unto 
them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the 
coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should re- 
pent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance. 

Rev. 2: 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, 
and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto 
thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, 
except thou repent. [Mk. 6: 12.] [See 357, 601.] 

607. Repentance encouraged — promises. 

2 Ch. 7: 14 If my people, which are called by my name, 
shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn 
from their wicked ways ; then will I hear from heaven, and 
will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 

Ps. 34: 18 The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken 
heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. — 51: 17 The 
sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : a broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. — 147: 3 He healeth the 
broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. 

Is. 55: 7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unright- 
eous man his thoughts : and let him return unto the Lord, and 
he will have mercy upon him ; and to our God, for he will 
abundantly pardon. — 66: 2 All those things hath my hand 
made, and all those things have been, saith the Lord : but to 
this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite 
spirit, and trembleth at my word. 

Hos. 6: 1 Come, and let us return unto the Lord : for he 
hath torn, and he will heal us ; he hath smitten, and he will 
bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us : in the third 
day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then 
shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord : his going 
forth is prepared as the morning ; and he shall come unto us 
as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth. 

Joel 2: 12 Now, saith the Lord, Turn ye even to me with 
all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with 
mourning. 13 And rend your heart, and not your garments, 
and turn unto the Lord your God : for he is gracious and 
merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth 
him of the evil. 

435 



608, 609 REPENTANCE. 



Ascribed to God — Spurious repentance. 



Zee. 1: 3 Say thou unto them, Thus saith the Lokd of hosts ; 
Turn ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, and I will turn unto 
you, saith the Lord of hosts. 

Mat. 5: 3 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for theirs is the 
kingdom of heaven. 4 Blessed are they that mourn : for they 
shall be comforted. 

Lk. 15: 21 The son said unto him, Father, I have sinned 
against Heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to 
be called thy son. 22 But the father said to his servants, 
Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring 
on his hand, and shoes on his feet : 23 And bring hither the 
fatted cidf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and be merry, [See 357.] 

608. Repentance^ as ascribed to God, 

Gen. 6: 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man 
on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart. 

Jer. 18: 7 At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, 
and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and 
to destroy it .* 8 If that nation against whom I have pronounced, 
turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to 
do unto them. 9 And at what instant I shall speak concerning 
a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it , 
10 If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then 1 
will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them. 
— 26: 2 Thus saith the Lord ; Stand in the court of the Lord's 
house, and speak unto all the cities of Judah, which come to 
worship in the Lord's house, all the words that I command 
thee to speak unto them ; diminish not a word : 3 If so be they 
will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may 
repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because 
of the evil of their doings. 13 Therefore now amend your 
ways and your doings, and obey the voice of the Lord your 
God ; And the Lord will repent him of the evil that he hath 
pronounced against you. 

Ezk. 33: 14 When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely 
die ; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and 
right ; 15 ij^the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he 
had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing in- 
iquity ; he shall surely live, he shall not die. 

Jonah 3: 10 God saw their works, that they turned from 
their evil way ; and God repented of the evil that he had said 
that he would do unto them: and he did it not. 

609. Spurious repentance. 

Mat. 27: 3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he 
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REPROOF. 610, 611 



Required and encouraged — Exemplified. 



saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought 
again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, 

4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent 
blood. And they said. What is that to us ? see thou to that. 

5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and de- 
parted, and went and hanged himself. 

2 Cor. 7: 10 The sorrow of the world worketh death. J 

[See 191, 194, 411, 623, 689.] 

REPROOF. 
610. Faithful reproof required and encouraged. 

Lev. 19: 17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: 
vhou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin 
upon him. 

Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; 
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. — 19: 25 Re- 
prove one that hath understanding, and he wiU understand 
knowledge. — 24: 24 He that saith unto the wicked. Thou art 
righteous ; him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him : 
25 But to them that rebuke hi7n shall be delight, and a good 
blessing shall come upon them. — 28: 4 They that forsake the 
law praise the wicked, but such as keep the law contend with 
them. 23 He that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more 
favor than he that flattereth with the tongue. 

Ezk. 16: 1 The word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 
2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to know her abominations. 

Mat. 18: 15 If thy brother shall trespass against thee, go 
and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall 
hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. 

Lk. 17: 3 Take heed to yourselves : If thy brother trespass 
against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 

Ep. 5: 11 Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of 
darkness, but rather reprove them. 

Col. 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all 
wisdom ; teacliing and admonishing one another in psalms, and 
hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts 
to the Lord. 

1 Th. 5: 14 We exhort you, brethren, warn them that are 
unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be patient 
toward all men. [See 109.] 

611. Reproving others exempUJied. 

Neh. 13: 11 Then contended I with the rulers, and said. Why 
is the house of God forsaken ? And I gathered them together, 

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612, 613 REPROOF, 

Received by fehe humble — Rejected bj^ the proiid. 

and set them in their place. 17 Then I contended with the 
nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing ts this 
that ye do, and profane the sabbath day ? 18 Did not your 
fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and 
upon this city ? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by pro- 
faning the sabbath. 

Dan. 5: 22 Thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled 
thine heart, though thou knewest all this ; 23 But hast lifted 
up thyself against the Lord of heaven ; and they have brought 
the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, 
thy wives and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them ; and 
thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, 
wood, and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor know : and the 
JGrod in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, 
hast thou not glorified. 24 Then was the part of the hand 
sent from him ; and this writing was written. 

Hos. 5: 2 The revolters are profound to make slaughter, 
though I have been a rebuker of them all. 

Mat. 16: 23 He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind 
me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : for thou savorest not 
the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 

Lk. 23: 40 The other answering, rebuked him, saying, 
Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same condem- 
nation ? 

Gal. 2: 11 When Peter was come to Antioch, I withstood 
him to the face, because he was to be blamed. [See 66, 461.] 

612. Reproof gratefully received hy the humble. 

Ps. 141: 5 Let the righteous smite me ; it shall he a kind- 
ness : and let him reprove me ; it shall he an excellent oil, which 
shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall he in 
their calamities. 

Pr. 25: 12 J.5 an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine 
gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear. — 28: 23 He 
that rebuketh a man, afterwards shall find more favor than he 
that flattereth with the tongue. 

613. Reproof rejected hy the proud. 

Pr. 1: 7 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowl- 
edge : hut fools despise wisdom and instruction. 25 But ye 
have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my re- 
proof. — 13: 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction : but 
a scorner heareth not rebuke. — 15: 12 A scorner loveth not 
one that reproveth him : neither will he go unto the wise. 
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Wisdom of receiving it — Reprovers should be faultless. 



Am. 5: 10 They hate him that rebuketh in the gate, and 
they abhor him that speaketh uprightly. 

Lk. 3: 19 Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for 
Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which 
Herod had done, 20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up 
John in prison. 

Jn. 3: 20 Every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither 
Cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. — 7: 7 
The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because I testify 
of it, that the works thereof are evil. 

614. Wisdom of receiving reproof — folly of rejecting it. 

Pr. 6: 23 The commandment is a lamp ; and the law is light ; 
and reproofs of instruction are the way of life. — 10: 17 He is 
in the way of life that keepeth instruction : but he that refuseth 
reproof erreth. — 12: 1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowl- 
edge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. — 13: 18 Poverty 
and shame shall he to him that refuseth instruction : but he that 
regardeth reproof shall be honored. — 15:5 A fool despiseth 
his father's instruction : but he that regardeth reproof is pru- 
dent. 10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsakeththe way : 
and he that hateth reproof shall die. 31 The ear that hear- 
eth the reproof of life abideth among the wise. 32 He that 
refuseth instruction despiseth his own soul : but he that hear- 
eth reproof getteth understanding. — 29: 1 He that, being often 
reproved, hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and 
that without remedy. 

Ec. 4: 13 Better is a poor and a wise child, than an old and 
foolish king, who will no more be admonished. 

615. Reprovers should correct their own faults. 

Mat. 7: 3 Why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy broth- 
er's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote 
out of thine eye ; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye ? 5 
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; 
and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy 
brother's eye. 

Rom. 2: 21 Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest 
thou not thyself? thou that preachest, a man should not steal, 
dost thou steal ? 22 Thou that sayest, a man should not commit 
adultery, dost thou commit adultery ? thou that abhorrest idols, 
dost thou commit sacrilege ? 23 Thou that maketh thy boast 
of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God ? 

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616, 617 REPUTATION — RESURRECTION. 

Value of Reputation — General Kesurrection. 

REPUTATION. 
616. Value of reputation — sin of abusing it. 

Pr. 22: 1 A good name is rather to be chosen than great 
riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold. — 25: 18 
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor is a 
maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 

Ec. 7: 1 A good name is better than precious ointment; 
and the day of death than the day of one's birth. 

[See 729, 730.] 



RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 
617. General reswTection of the dead. 

Job 19: 26 Though after my skin worms destroy this body, 
yet in my flesh shall I see God. 

Hos. 18: 14 I will ransom them from the power of the 
grave ; I will redeem them from death : O death, I will be thy 
plagues, O grave, I will be thy destruction. 

Lk. 20: 37 That the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at 
the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 38 For he is not a 
God of the dead, but of the living. 

Jn. 5: 28 Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the 
which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, 29 And 
shall come forth. — 6: 40 This is the will of him that sent me, 
that every one which seeth the Son, and belie veth on him, may 
have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day. 
— 11: 28 Jesus saith unto her. Thy brother shall rise again. 
24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in 
the resurrection at the last day. 

Ac. 4: 1 As they spake unto the people, the priests, and the 
captain of the temple, and the Sadducees came upon them, 
2 Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached 
through Jesus the resurrection from the dead. — 24: 15 And 
have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that 
there shall be a resurrection of the dead both of the just and 
unjust. — 26: 8 Why should it be thought a thing incredible 
with you, that God should raise the dead ? 

Rom. 6: 8 If we be dead with Christ, we believe that we 
shall also live with him : 9 Knowing that Christ, being raised 
from the dead, dieth no more ; death hath no more dominion 
over him. — 8: 28 And not only they, but ourselves also, which 
have the first-fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan 
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Incorruptible Bodies. 

within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemp- 
tion of our body. 

1 Cor. 6: 14 God hath both raised up the Lord, and will 
also raise up us by his own power. — 15: 21 Since by man 
came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made 
alive. [See the whole chapter.] 

2 Cor. 4: 14 Knowing, that he which raised up the Lord 
Jesus, shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with 
you. 

1 Th. 4: 16 The Lord himself shall descend from heaven 
with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the 
trump of God : and the dead in Christ shall rise first : 17 Then 
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air : and so 
shall we ever be with the Lord. 

618. The dead raised with incorruptible bodies. 

1 Cor. 15: 35 Some man will say. How are the dead raised 
up ? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that 
which thou so west is not quickened except it die : 37 And that 
which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be. 42 
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corrup- 
tion, it is raised in incorruption : 43 It is sown in dishonor, it 
is raised in glory : it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power : 
44 It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. 
There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. 50 
Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit 
the kingdom of God ; neither doth corruption inherit incorrup- 
tion. 52 In a moment, in the twmkhng of an eye, at the last 
trump : for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be 
raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this 
corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put 
on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put 
on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortal- 
ity, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory. 

2 Cor. 5: 2 In this we groan, earnestly desiring to be 
clothed upon with our house which is from heaven : 3 If so be 
that being clothed we shall not be found naked. 4 For we 
that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened : not for 
that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. 

Ph. 3: 20 Our conversation is in heaven ; from whence also 
we look for the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ: 21 Who shall 

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619 REVIVALS. 



In ancient times. 



change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his 
glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able 
even to subdue all things unto himself. 



REVIVALS. 
619. Ancient reviixils of religion. 

Gen. 4: 26 To Seth, to him also there was bom a son ; and 
he called his name Enos : then began men to call upon the 
name of the Lord. 

1 K. 18: 38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, and consumed 
the burnt-sacrifice, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, 
and licked up the water that was in the ta^ench. 39 And when 
all the people saw tt, they fell on their faces : and they said, 
The Lord, he is the God ; the Lord, he is the God. 

2 K. 23: 3 The king [Josiah] stood by a pillar, and made a 
covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to 
keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, 
with all their heart, and all their soul, to perform the words of 
this covenant that were written in this book. And all the 
people stood to the covenant. 21 The king commanded all 
the people, saying. Keep the passover unto the Lord your 
God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely 
there was not holden such a passover from the days of the 
judges that judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of 
Israel, nor of the kings of Judah. 

2 Ch. 30: 1 1 Divers of Asher and Manasseh and of Zebulun 
humbled themselves, and came to Jerusalem. 12 Also in 
Judah the hand of God was to give them one heart to do the 
commandment of the king [Hezekiah] and of the princes, by 
the word of the Lord. 13 And there assembled at Jerusalem 
much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second 
month, a very great congregation. 21 The children of Israel 
that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened 
bread seven days with great gladness : 22 And Hezekiah 
spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good 
knowledge of the Lord : and they did eat throughout the feast 
seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to 
the Lord God of their fathers. 23 And the whole assembly 
took counsel to keep other seven days : and they kept other 
seven days with gladness. 26 So there was great joy in Jeru- 
salem : for since the time of Solomon the son of David king 
of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem. 27 Then the 
priests the Levites arose and blessed the people : and their 
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In ancient times. 



roice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling- 
place, even unto heaven. 

Neh. 8: 2 Ezra the priest brought the law before the con- 
gregation both of men and women, and all that could hear with 
understanding, upon the first day of the seventh month. 3 
And he read therein before the street that was before the 
water-gate from the morning until mid-day, before the men 
and the women, and those that could understand ; and the ears 
of all the people were attep,tive unto the book of the law. 6 
And Ezra blessed the Lord, the great God. And all the 
people answered. Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands : 
and they bowed their heads, and worshipped the Lord with 
their faces to the ground. 9 And Nehemiah, which is the 
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that 
taught the people, said unto all the people. This day is holy 
unto the Lord your God ; mourn not, nor weep. For all the 
people wept, when they heard the words of the law. 

Jer. 2: 2 Go, and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying. Thus 
saith the Lord ; I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, 
the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the 
wilderness, in a land that was not sown. 3 Israel was holiness 
anto the Lord, and the first-fruits of his increase. 

Ac. 2: 41 Then they that gladly received his word, were 
baptized : and the same day there were added unto them about 
three thousand souls. 42 And they continued steadfastly in 
the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, 
and in prayers. 43 And fear came upon every soul : and many 
wonders and signs were done by the apostles. — 4:4 Many 
of them which heard the word, believed, and the number of the 
men was about five thousand. — 5: 14 Believers were the more 
added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women. — 8: 5 
Then Phihp went down to the city of Samaria, and preached 
Christ unto them. 6 And the people with one accord gave 
heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing 
the miracles which he did. 7 For unclean spirits, crying with 
loud voice, came out of many that were possessed ivith them : 
and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed. 
— 11: 19 They which were scattered abroad upon the perse- 
cution that arose about Stephen, travelled as far as Phenice, 
and Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to none but unto 
the Jews only. 20 And some of them were men of Cyprus 
and Cyrene, which when they were come to Antioch, spake 
unto the Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 21 And the 
hand of the Lord was with them : and a great number believed, 
and turned unto the Lord. 22 Then tidings of these things 

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620, 621 REVIVALS. 



Outpouring of the Spirit — Happy Effects of. 



came unto the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem : and 
they sent forth Barnabas, that he should go as far as Antioch. 
23 Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was 
glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they 
would cleave unto the Lord. 24 For he was a good man, and 
full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith : and much people was 
added unto the Lord. — 14: 1 It came to pass in Iconium, that 
they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so 
spake, that a great multitude, both of the Jews, and also of the 
Greeks, believed. 

620. The wjiaences of the Spirit compared to rain, or the pouring of water. 

Ps. 72: 6 He shall come down like rain upon the mown 
grass : as showers that water the earth. 

Pr. 1: 23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out 
my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. 

Is. 32: 15 Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, 
and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be 
counted for a forest. — 44: 3 I will pour water upon him that is 
thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground : I will pour my Spirit 
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring. 

Ezk. 39: 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them : 
for I have poured out my Spirit upon the house of Israel, saith 
the Lord God. 

Joel 2: 28 It shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour 
out my Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons and your daughters 
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young 
men shall see visions: 29 And also upon the servants and 
upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my Spirit. 

Zee. 12: 10 I will pour upon the house of David, and upon 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplica- 
tions : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, 
and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, 
and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness 
for his first-born. 

1 Pet. 1: 12 Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto 
themselves, but unto us they did minister the things which are 
now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel 
unto you, with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 

621. Happjf effects of genuine revivals. 

2 K. 23: 24 The workers with familiar spirits, and the wiz- 
ards, and the images, and the idols, and all the abominations 
that were spied in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, did 
Josiah put away, that he might perform the words of the law 

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To be prayed for. 



which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found 
in the house of the Lord. 25 And like unto him was there 
no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, 
and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the 
law of Moses ; neither after him arose there any like him. 

2 Ch. 31: 5 As soon as the commandment came abroad, the 
children of Israel brought in abundance the first-fruits of corn, 
wine, and oil, and honey, and of all the increase of the field ; 
and the tithe of all things brought they in abundantly. 8 And 
when Hezekiah and the princes came and saw the heaps, they 
blessed the Lord, and his people Israel. 

Ps. 14: 7 When the Lord bringeth back the captivity of his 
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad. 

Ac. 2: 44 All that believed were together, and had all things 
common ; 45 And sold their possessions and goods, and parted 
them to all men, as every man had need. 46 And they, con- 
tinuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking 
bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness 
and singleness of heart, 47 Praising God, and having favor 
with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily 
such as should be saved. — 8: 8 And there was great joy in 
that city. — 19: 18 Many that behaved came, and confessed, 
and shewed their deeds. 19 Many of them also which used 
curious arts, brought their books together, and burned them 
before all men ; and they counted the price of them, and found 
it fifty thousand pieces of silver. 20 So mightily grew the word 
of God and prevailed. 

Col. 2: 5 Though I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with 
you in the spirit, joying and beholding your order, and the 
steadfastness of your faith in Christ. [See 605.] 

622. Praying for revivals required and exemplified. -' 

Ps. 80: 14 Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look 
down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And 
the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch 
that thou madest strong for thyself. 16 It is burnt with fire, 
it is cut down : they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 
— 85: 6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may 
rejoice in thee ? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant 
us thy salvation. — 122: 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: 
they shall prosper that love thee. 

Song 4: 16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; 
blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let 
my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 

Is. 62: 6 Ye that make mention of the Lord, keep not si- 

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623 — 625 REVIVALS — riches. 

Spurious ones — Kiches the idol of many — Tendency of. 

lence, 7 And give him no rest, till he establish, and till he 
make Jerusalem a praise in the earth. — 64: 1 Oh that thou 
wouldest rend the heavens, that thou wouldest come down, that 
the mountains might flow down at thy presence, 2 As when 
the melting fire burneth, the fire causeth the waters to boil, to 
make thy name known to thine adversaries, that the nations 
may tremble at thy presence ! 

Jer. 14 20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness, and 
the iniquity of our fathers : for we have sinned against thee. 
21 Do not abhor us ; for thy name's sake, do not disgrace 
the throne of thy glory : remember, break not thy covenant 
with us. 

Dan. 9: 17 O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and 
his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctua- 
ry that is desolate, for the Lord's sake. 

Hab. 3: 2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech and was afraid : 
O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst 
of the years make known ; in wrath remember mercy. 

Mat. 6: 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth 
as it is in heaven. 

623. Spurious revivals. 

Mat. 23: 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! 
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when 
he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than 
yourselves. 

Gal. 4: 1 7 They zealously affect you, hut not well ; yea, they 
would exclude you, that ye might affect them. 

[See 191, 194, 411, 609, 689.] 



RICHES. 

624. Riches^ the idol of many. 

Mat. 19: 21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go 
and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt 
have treasure in heaven.: and come and follow me. 22 But 
when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrow- 
ful : for he had great possessions. 

2 Tim. 4: 10 Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this 
present world. 

625. Riches and prosperity have a corrupting and dangerous tendency. 

Gen. 13: 10 Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plaiD 
of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the 
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Tendency of. 



Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of 
the Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar. 
11 Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan ; and Lot jour* 
neyed east : and they separated themselves the one from the 
other. 12 Abram dwelled in the land of Canaan, and Lot 
dwelled in the cities of the plain, and pitched his tent toward 
Sodom. 13 But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners 
before the Lord, exceedingly. 

Dt. 8: 1 1 Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, 
in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his 
statutes, which I command thee this day: 12 Lest when thou 
hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt 
therein ; 13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and 
thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is 
multiplied; 14 Then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget 
the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land 
of Egypt, from the house of bondage. — 32: 13 He made him 
ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the 
increase of the fields ; and he made him to suck honey out of 
the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 14 Butter of kine, and 
milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of 
Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of w^heat; and thou 
didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 15 But Jeshurun 
waxed fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, 
thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made 
him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. 

2 Ch. 26: 3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah when he began to 
reign, and he reigned fifty and two years in Jerusalem. 5 And 
he sought God in the days of Zechariah, who had understanding 
in the visions of God : and, as long as he sought the Lord, 
God made him to prosper. 15 And his name spread far 
abroad ; for he was marvellously helped, till he was strong. 
16 But when he w^as strong, his heart w^as Hfted up to his 
destruction. 

Ps. 30: 6 Li my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved. 
— 55: 19 Because they have no changes, therefore they fear 
not God. — 92: 7 When the wicked spring as the grass, and 
when all the workers of iniquity do flourish ; it is that they 
shall be destroyed for ever. 

Pr. 1: 32 The turning away of the simple shall slay them, 
and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. — 30: 8 Remove 
far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor 
riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : 9 Lest I be full, 
and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, 
and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. 

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626 RICHES. 



Not to be eagerly sought. 



Ec. 5: 12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he 
eat little or much : but the abundance of the rich will not 
suffer him to sleep. 13 There is a sore evil w?iich I have seen 
under the sun, namely, riches kept for the owners thereof to 
their hurt. 

Jer. 22: 21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity ; hut thou 
saidst, I will not hear. 

Ezk. 16: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister 
Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was 
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the 
hand of the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and 
committed abomination before me : therefore I took them away 
as I saw good. — 28: 5 By thy great wisdom and by thy 
traffic, hast thou increased thy riches, and thy heart is lifted 
up because of thy riches. 

Mat. 19: 23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples. Verily, I say 
unto you. That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom 
of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you. It is easier for a 
camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. 

Mk. 4: 19 The cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of 
riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the 
word, and it becometh unfruitful. 

1 Tim. 6: 8 Having food and raiment, let us be therewith 
content. 9 But they that will be rich, fall into temptation, and 
a snare, and i7ito many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown 
men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money 
is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after,, they 
have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with 
many sorrows. 11 But thou, Oman of God, flee these things; 
and foUow after righteousness. [See 741.] 

626. The eager pursuit of riches forbidden and discouraged. 

Pr. 23: 4 Labor not to be rich : cease from thine own wis- 
dom. — 28: 20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings : but 
he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 22 He 
that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not 
that poverty shall come upon him. 

Is. 5: 8 Wo unto them that join house to house, that lay field 
to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone 
in the midst of the earth ! 

2 Pet. 2: 14 Having eyes full of adultery, and that cannot 
cease from sin ; beguiling unstable souls : a heart they have 
exercised with covetous practices ; cursed children : 1 5 Which 
have forsaken the right way, and are gone astray, following the 

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RICHES. 627 



Vain and transitory. 



way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the wages of un- 
righteousness ; 1 6 But was rebuked for his iniquity : the dumb 
ass, speaking with man's voice, forbade the madness of the 
prophet. See [133, 742-3.] 

627. Riches vain and transitory. 

Pr. 23: 5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not ? 
for riches certainly make themselves wings ; they fly away as 
an eagle toward heaven. 

Ec. 1: 2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of 
vanities ; all is vamity. 14 1 have seen all the works that are 
done under the sun ; and behold, all is vanity and vexation of 
spirit. — 2: 4 I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; 
I planted me vineyards : 5 I made me gardens and orchards, 
and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits : 6 I made 
me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth 
forth trees : 7 I got me servants and maidens, and had ser- 
vants born in my house ; also I had great possessions of great 
and small cattle above all that were in Jerusalem before me ; 
8 I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure 
of kings, and of the pro\4nces : I gat me men-singers and 
women-singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musi- 
cal instruments, and that of all sorts. 9 So I was great, and 
increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem ; also 
my wisdom remained with me. 1 And whatsoever mine eyes 
desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from 
any joy ; for my heart rejoiced in all my labor : and this was 
my portion of all my labor. 11 Then I looked on all the 
works that my hands had wrought, and on the labor that 
I had labored to do: and behold, all was vanity and vex- 
ation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun. 17 
Therefore I hated life ; because the work that is wrought under 
the sun is grievous unto me : for all is vanity and vexation of 
spirit. 18 Yea, I hated all my labor which I had taken under 
the sun : because I should leave it unto the man that shall 
be after me. 19 And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise 
man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labor where- 
in I have labored, and wherein I have shewed myself wise 
under the sun. This is also vanity. 5: 10 He that loveth silver 
shall not be satisfied with silver ; nor he that loveth abundance 
with increase : this is also vanity. 1 1 When goods increase, they 
are increased that eat them : and what good is there to the 
otrners thereof, saving the beholding of them with their eyes. 
[See 148.] 

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628, 629 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Proper use of riches — Righteousness and honesty required. 

628. Proper use of riches. 

1 Tim. 6: 17 Charge them that are rich in this world that 
they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in 
the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; 18 
That they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to 
distribute, willing to communicate ; 19 Laying up in store for 
themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that 
they may lay hold on eternal life. [See 406.] 

RIGHTEOUSNESS. 

629. Righteousness, impartiality, truth^ and honesty in spiritual and tempo- 
ral things required and exemplified. 

Lev. 19: 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; 
thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the 
person of the mighty: hut in righteousness shalt thou judge 
thy neighbor. 36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, 
and a just hin shall ye have : I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt. 

Dt. 6: 18 Thou shalt do that which is right and good in the 
sight of the Lord : that it may be well with thee. — 16: 20 
That which is altogether just shalt thou follow, that thou mayest 
live, and inherit the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

1 S. 12: 1 Samuel said unto all Israel, Behold,! have heark- 
ened unto your voice in all that ye said unto me, and have 
made a king over you. 3 Behold, here I am : witness against 
me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have 
I taken ? or whose ass have 1 taken ? or whom have I defraud- 
ed? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I receiv- 
ed any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore 
it you. 4 And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor op- 
pressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand. 

Ps. 51: 6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: 
and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom. 

Pr. 21: 3 To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to 
the Lord than sacrifice. — 24: 23 It is not good to have respect 
of persons in judgment. 

Is. 56: 1 Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do 
justice : for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness 
to be revealed. 

Mic. 6: 8 He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good ; and 
what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to 
love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God ? 

Zee. 7: 9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, saying. Execute 
true judgment, and shew mercy and compassions every man to 
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Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness." 

his brother : 10 And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, 
the stranger, nor the poor ; and let none of you imagine evil 
against his brother in your heart. 

Lk. 20; 25 He said unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar 
the things which be Cesar's, and unto God the things which 
be God's. 

Rom. 13: 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to 
whom tribute is due ; custom to whom custom ; fear to whom 
fear ; honor to whom honor. 8 Owe no man any thing, but to 
love one another : for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. 

Ep. 6: 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with 
truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness. 

1 Th. 2: 10 Ye are witnesses, and God aho^ how holily, and 
justly, and unblamably we behaved ourselves among you that 
believe : 

1 Tim. 6: 11 Thou, O man of God, flee these things; and 
follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meek- 
ness. 

Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world. [See 56, 501, 659, 732.] 

630. Righteousness and honesty rewarded^ or the " gain of godliness'''' and 
loss by ungodliness. 

Gen. 19: 15 When the morning arose, then the angels hast- 
ened Lot, saying, Arise, take thy wife, and thy two daughters 
which are here, lest thou be consumed in the iniquity of the 
city. 22 Haste thee, escape thither ; for I cannot do any thing 
till thou be come thither : therefore the name of the city was 
called Zoar. 

2 Ch. 16: 9 The eyes of the Lord run to and fro through- 
out the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of 
them whose heart is perfect toward him. 

Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 2 But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord ; and in his law doth he meditate day and night. 
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, 
that bringeth forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf also shall 
not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. — 4:3 
Ejiow that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for him- 
self. — 5: 12 Thou, Lord, wilt bless the righteous ; with favor 
wilt thou compass him as with a shield. — 15: 1 Lord, who 
shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 

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630 RIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Rewarded, or " Gain of Godliness." 



2 He that walkelh uprightly, and worketh righteousness, and 
speaketh the truth in his heart. 3 He thai backbite th not with 
his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbor, nor taketh up a 
reproach against his neighbor. 5 He that putteth not out 
his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. 
He that doeth these things shall never be moved. — 37: 3 Trust 
in the Lord, and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
verily thou shalt be fed. 9 For evil doers shall be cut oflf: but 
those that wait upon the Lord, they shall inherit the earth. 
10 For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not he: yea, 
thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. 17 
For the arms of the wicked shall be broken : but the Lord 
upholdeth the righteous. 18 The Lord knoweth the days of 
the upright: and their inheritance shall be forever. 19 They 
shall not be ashamed in the evil time : and in the days of fam- 
ine they shall be satisfied. 20 But the wicked shall perish, 
and the enemies of the Lord shall he as the fat of lambs : they 
shall consume ; into smoke shall they consume away. 25 I 
have been young, and now am old ; yet have I not seen the 
righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 26 ^ ^5ever 
merciful, and lendeth, and his seed is blessed. 27 — 40. 

Ps. 58: 1 1 Verily there is a reward for the righteous : verily 
he is a God that judgeth in the earth. — 84: 11 The Lord God is 
a sun and shield : the Lord will give grace and glory ; no good 
thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly. — 92: 12 
The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree : he shall grow 
like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that he planted in the 
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. 14 
They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; they shall be fat 
and flourishing. — 112: 1 Blessed is the man that feareth the 
Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. 2 His 
seed shall be mighty upon earth : the generation of the upright 
shall be blessed. 3 Wealth and riches shall he in his house : 
and his righteousness endureth for ever. 

Pr. 3: 3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee : bind them 
about thy neck ; write them upon the table of thy heart : 4 So 
shalt thou find favor and good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 32 The froward is abomination to the Lord : 
but his secret is with the righteous. 33 The curse of the 
Lord is in the house of the wicked : but he blesseth the hab- 
itation of the just. — 10: 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh 
surely : but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. 25 
As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the 
righteous is an everlasting foundation. 29 The way of the 
Lord is strength to the upright : but destruction shall he to 
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RIGHTEOUSNESS. 630 

He warded, or " Gain of Godliness." 

the workers of iniquity. — 11: 17 The merciful man doeth 
good to his own soul : but he that is cruel troubleth his own 
flesh. 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him 
that soweth righteousness shall he a sure reward. 19 As right- 
eousness tendeth to life : so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to 
his own death. 20 They that are of a froward heart are 
abomination to the Lord : but such as are upright in their wslj 
are his delight. 21 Though hand join in hand, the wicked 
shall not be unpunished: but the seed of the righteous 
shall be delirered. 31 Behold, the righteous shall be re- 
compensed in the earth : much more the wicked and the sin- 
ner. — 13: 6 Righteousness keepeth him that is upright 
in the way : but wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 2 1 Evil 
pursueth sinners : but to the righteous good shall be repaid. 
22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's chil- 
dren: and the wealth of the sinner is laid up for the just. — 
14: 34 Righteousness exalteth a nation : but sin is a reproach 
to any people. — 1 6: 8 Better is a little with righteousness, 
than great revenues without right. — 20: 7 The just man walk- 
eth in his integrity : his children are blessed after him. — 
21: 21 He that folio weth after righteousness and mercy, findeth 
life, righteousness, and honor. — 28: 16 The prince that wanteth 
understanding is also a great oppressor : hut he that hateth 
covetousness shall prolong his days. 18 Whoso walketh 
uprightly shall be saved ; but he that is perverse in his ways 
shall fall at once. 

Is. 33: 15 He that walketh righteously, and speaketh up- 
rightly ; he that despiseth the gain of oppressions, that shaketh 
his hands from holding of bribes, that stoppeth his ears from 
hearing of blood, and sliutteth his eyes from seeing evil; 16 
He shall dwell on high : his place of defence shall he the muni- 
tions of rocks: bread shall be given him; his waters shall he 
sure. — 58: 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose 
the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to 
let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? 7 Is 
it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 
poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, 
that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine 
own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, 
and thy health shall spring forth speedily : and thy righteous- 
ness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be thy 
rere-ward. 

Dan: 3: 18 But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that 
we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which 
thou hast set up. 30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Me- 

453 



631 RIGHTS OF MAN. 



To Liberty and Justice. 



shach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon. — 6: 21 
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. 22 My 
God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that 
they have not hurt me : forasmuch as before him innocency 
was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no 
hurt. 28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and 
in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. 

Mat. 6: 33 Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his right- 
eousness, and all these things shall be added unto you. 

1 Tim. 4: 8 Bodily exercise profiteth little : but godliness is 
profitable unto all things, having promise of the life that now 
is, and of that which is to come. 9 This is a faithful saying, 
and worthy of all acceptation. — Q: 6 Godliness with content- 
ment is great gain. 

1 Pet. 3; 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good: let him 
seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are 
over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : 
but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. 13 And 
who is he that will harm you, if ye be followers of that whick 
is good ? 

[See Promises, in the Lidex, and 87, 286, 344, 362, 47C 
560-1, 566, 733.] 



RIGHTS OF MAN. 
631. ^ right to liberty and justice — threats for infringing these rights. 

Job 36: 6 He preserveth not the life of the wicked : but 
giveth right to the poor. 

Is. 10: 1 Wo unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and 
that write grievousness which they have prescribed; 2 To 
turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the 
right from the poor of my people. 

Lam. 3: 35 To turn aside the right of a man before the face 
of the Most High, 36 To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord 
approveth not. 

Am. 5: 12 I know your manifold transgressions and your 
mighty sins : they afilict the just, they take a bribe, and they 
turn aside the poor in the gate from their right. 

Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only 
itse not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve 
one another. [See 682.] 
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RIGHTS OP MAN. 632 635 



To Inquire freely — To Mental Culture — To the fruits of his industry, etc. 

■ — . ■ 

632. A right to inquire freely^ and to express opinions. 

Lk. 12: 57 Why even of yourselves judge ye not what is 
right ? 

Jn. 5: 39 Search the scriptures ; for in them ye think ye 
have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. 

1 Cor. 10: 29 Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the 
other: for why is my liberty judged of another man^s con- 
science ? 

1 Th. 5: 21 Prove all things ; hold fast that which is good. 

1 Jn. 4: 1 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spi- 
rits whether they are of God: because many false prophets 
are gone out into the world. 

633. A right to pursue mental culture. 

Pr. 4: 13 Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: 
keep her ; for she is thy life. — 23: 23 Buy the truth, and sell 
it not ; ako wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. 

Lk. 11: 52 Wo unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away 
the key of knowledge : ye entered not in yourselves, and them 
that were entering in ye hindered. [See 363, 391.] 

634. A right to enjoy the fruits of our own industry. 

Ec. 3: 22 I perceive that there is nothing better, than 
that a man should rejoice in his own works ; for that is his 
portion : for who shall bring him to see what shall be after 
him ? — 5: 18 Behold that which I have seen : it is good and 
comely /or one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all 
his labor that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, 
which God giveth him : for it is his portion. 

635. A right to our own wives and children. 

Ec. 9: 9 Live joyfully with the wife whom thou lovest all 
the days of the life of thy vanity, which he hath given thee 
under the sun, all the days of thy vanity : for that is thy por- 
tion in this life, and in thy labor which thou takest under the 
sun. 

Mat. 19: 6 They are no more twain, but one flesh. What 
therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 

Ep. 6: 4 Ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath : 
but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. 

455 



636-^638 ROBBERY — SABBATH. 

Robbery forbidden and denounced — Sabbath instituted in Paradise — Enjoined, etc. 

ROBBERY. 
636. Rohhery forbidden and denounced. 

Lev. 19: 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither 
rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with 
thee all night until the morning. 

Pr. 21: 7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them ; 
because they refuse to do judgment. — 22: 22 Rob not the 
poor, because he is poor : neither oppress the afflicted in the 
gate : 23 For the Lord will plead their cause, and spoil the 
soul of those that spoiled them. — 28: 24 Whoso robbeth his 
father or his mother, and saith. It is no transgression; the same 
is the companion of a destroyer. 

Is. 61: 8 I the Lord love judgment, I hate robbery foi 
burnt-offering. 

Ezk. 22: 29 The people of the land have used oppression, 
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : 
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And I 
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, 
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not 
destroy it: but I found none. 31 Therefore, have 1 poured 
out mine indignation upon them ; I have consumed them with 
the fire of my wrath : their own way have I recompensed upon 
their heads, saith the Lord God. 

[See 490, 682, 732-3, 736.] 



SABBATH. 

637. Instituted in Paradise. 

Gen. 2: 2 On the seventh day God ended his work which 
he had made ; and he rested on the seventh day from all his 
work which he had made. 3 And God blessed the seventh 
day, and sanctified it: because that in it he had rested from all 
his work which God created and made. 

Ex. 20: 11 In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
the sea and all that in them ^5, and rested the seventh day : 
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. 

638. Sabbath enjoined and recognized in the Decalogue, and other parts 
of the Old Testament. 

Ex. 20: 8 Eemember the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 10 But the 
seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy Grod. 
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SABBATH. 639 



RecQgniaed by Chris L 



Dt 5: 14 The seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy 
God. 

Neh. 13: 15 In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine 
presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading 
asses ; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, 
which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath-day: and 1 
testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals. 
16 There dwelt men of Tyre also therein, which brought fish, 
and all manner of ware, and sold on the sabbath unto the chil- 
dren of Judah, and in Jerusalem. 1 7 Then I contended with 
the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this 
that ye do, and profane the sabbath-day ? 18 Did not your 
fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, 
and upon this city ? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by 
profaning the sabbath. 

Ezk. 44: 24 In controversy they shall stand in judgment; 
and they shall judge it according to my judgments : and they 
shall keep my laws and my statutes in all mine assemblies 5 
and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 

639, Sabbath recognized, and its proper works of mercy asserted by Christ, 
the " Lord of the Sabbath:' 

Mat. 12: 1 At that time Jesus went on the sabbath-day 
through the corn, and his disciples were an hungered, and 
began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. 2 But when the 
Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do 
that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath-day. 3 But 
he said unto them. Have ye not read what David did when he 
was an hungered, and they that were with him ; 4 How he 
entered into the house of Grod, and did eat the shew-bread, 
which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which 
were with him, but only for the priests ? 5 Or have ye not 
read in the law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the 
temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless ? 11 And he 
said unto them. What man shall there be among you, that shall 
have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, wiU 
he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? 1 2 How much then is a 
man better than a sheep ? Wherefore it is lawful to do well 
on the sabbath-days. 13 Then saith he to the man. Stretch 
forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth ; and it was re- 
stored whole, like as the other. [Mk. 2: 23—28. Lk. 6: 1 — 10.] 
— 24: 20 Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither 
on the sabbath-day. 

Mk. 2: 27 He said unto them. The sabbath was made for 
man, and not man for the sabbath : 28 Therefore, the Son of 

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640 SABBATH. 



Appropriate Duties of. 



inan is Liord also of the sabbath. — 3: 4 He saith unto them, Is 
it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days, or to do evil? to save 
life, or to kill ? but they held their peace. 

Lk. 13: 11 Behold, there was a woman which had a spii-it of 
infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in 
no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called 
her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from 
thine infirmity. 13 And he laid his hands on her: and imme- 
diately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the 
ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that 
Jesus had healed on the sabbath-day, and said unto the people, 
There are six days in which men ought to work : in them 
therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day. 1 5 
The Lord then answered him, and said. Thou hypocrite, doth 
not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from 
the stall, and lead him away to watering? 16 And ought not 
this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath 
bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on 
the sabbath-day? 17 And when he had said these things, all 
his adversaries were ashamed. 

Jn. 5: 8 Jesus saith unto him, Kise, take up thy bed, and 
walk. 9 And immediately the man was made whole, and took 
up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the sab- 
bath. 10 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, 
It is the sabbath-day ; it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed. 

16 And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to 
slay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath-day. 

17 But Jesus answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, 
land I work. 

640. Appropriate Duties of the Sabbath. 

Lev. 19: 30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

Ezk. 46: 3 The people of the land shall worship at the 
door of this gate before the Lord in th-e sabbaths and in the 
new-moons. 

Mk. 6: 2 When the sabbath-day was come, he [Christ] be- 
gan to teach in the synagogue : and many hearing him were 
astonished, saying. From whence hath this man these things ? 
arid what wisdom is this which is given unto him, that even 
such mighty works are wrought by his hands ? 

Lk. 4: 16 He came to Nazareth, where he had been brought 

up : and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the 

sabbath-day, and stood up for to read. 3 1 And came down to 

Capernaum, a city of Galilee, and taught them on the sabbath- 

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SABBATH. 641 



To he kept holy. 



days. — 13: 10 He was teaching in one of the synagogues on 
the sabbath. 

Ac. 13: 14 When they departed from Perga, they came to 
Antioch in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the sab- 
bath-day, and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law 
and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, 
saying, Te men a7id brethren, if ye have any word of exhorta- 
tion for the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beck- 
oning with his hand, said. Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, 
give audience. 42 And when the Jews were gone out of the 
synagogue, the Gentiles besought that these words might be 
preached to them the next sabbath. 44 And the next sabbath- 
day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of 
God. — 15: 21 Moses of old time hath in every city them that 
preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath-day. 
— 17: 2 Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and 
three sabbath-days reasoned with them out of the scriptures, 
— 18: 4 He [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue eveiy sabbath, 
and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 

1 Cor. 16: 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one 
of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that 
there be no gatherings when I come. 

Heb. 10: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to- 
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another ; 
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. 

[Is. 66: 23. Ps. 84: 1—10, and 132: 7.] 

641. Sabbath to be kept holy; secular labor forbidden. 

Ex. 16: 23 He said unto them. This is that which the Lord 
hath said. To-morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the 
Lord : bake that which ye will bake to-day, and seethe that ye 
will seethe ; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to 
be kept until the morning. 24 And they laid it up till the 
morning, as Moses bade : and it did not stink, neither was 
there any worm therein. 25 And Moses said. Eat that to-day ; 
for to-day is a sabbath unto the Lord ; to-day ye shall not 
find it in the field. 26 Six days ye shall gather it ; but on the 
seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 
27 And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people 
on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. 28 
And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep 
my commandments and my laws ? 29 See, for that the Lord 
hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the 
sixth day the bread of two days : abide ye every man in his 
place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. 30 

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641 SABBATH. 



To be kept holy. 



So the people rested on the seventh day. — 20: 8 Remember 
the sabbath-day to keep it holy. 9 Six days shalt thou labor, 
and do all thy work : 10 Bnt the seventh day is the sabbath 
of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy man-servant, nor thy maid- 
servant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy 
gates : 1 1 For iii six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 
the sea and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day : 
wherefore the Lord blessed the sabbath-day, and hallowed it. 
— 23: 12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh 
day thou shalt rest : that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and 
the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed. 
— 31: 13 Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying. 
Verily my sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a sign between me 
and you throughout your generations ; that ye may know that 
I am the Lord that doth sanctify you. 14 Ye shall keep the 
sabbath therefore : for it is holy unto you. Every one that 
defileth it shall surely be put to death : for whosoever doeth 
any work therein, that soul shall be cut oif from among his 
people. 15 Six days may work be done, but in the seventh is 
the sabbath of rest, holy to the Lord : whosoever doeth any 
work in the sabbath-day he shall surely be put to death. 1 6 
Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to 
observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a per- 
petual covenant. 17 It is a sign between me and the children 
of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed. — 
34: 21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou 
shalt rest : in earing-time and in harvest thou shalt rest. — 
35: 3 Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon 
the sabbath-day. 

Lev. 23: 3 Six days shall work be done; but the seventh 
.day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation : ye shall do no 
work therein : it is the sabbath of the Lord in all your dwel- 
lings. — 26: 2 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

Dt. 5: 12 Keep the sabbath-day to sanctify it, as the Lord 
thy God hath commanded thee. 13 Six days thou shalt labor, 
and do all thy work ; 14 But the seventh day is the sabbath 
of the Lord thy God : in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy 
maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cat- 
tle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates ; that thy man- 
servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou. 15 
And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, 
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SABBATH. 642, G43 



Rewards to Sabbath-keepers — Punishment of Sabbath-breakers. 

and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a 
mighty hand and by a sti-etched-out arm : therefore the Lord 
thy Grod commanded thee to keep the sabbath-day. 

Jer. 17: 21 Thus saith the Lord ; Take heed to yourselves, 
and bear no burden on the sabbath-day, nor bring it in by the 
gates of Jerusalem ; 22 Neither carry forth a burden out of 
your houses on the sabbath-day, neither do ye any work, but 
hallow ye the sabbath-day, as I commanded your fathers. [27.] 

Mat. 24: 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the win- 
ter, neither on the sabbath-day. 

Lk. 23: b% They returned, and prepared spices and oint- 
ments ; and rested the sabbath-day, according to the com- 
mandment. 

642. Bewairls to sabbath-heepeis. 

Is. 56: 2 Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of 
man that layeth hold on it ; that keepeth the sabbath from pol- 
luting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 6 Also 
the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to 
serve him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his ser- 
vants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, 
and taketh hold of my covenant ; 7 Even them will I bring 
to my holy mountain, and make them joyful in my house of 
prayer : their burnt-offerings and their sacrifices shall be ac- 
cepted upon mine altar ; for my house shall be called a house 
of prayer for all people. — 58: 13 If thou turn away thy foot 
from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; 
and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honora- 
ble ; and shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor find- 
ing thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words : 14 
Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause 
thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee 
with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the 
Lord hath spoken it, 

Jer. 17: 24 It shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken 
unto me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the 
gates of this city on the sabbath-day, but hallow the sabbath- 
day, to do no work therein ; 25 Then shall there enter into 
the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne 
of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their 
princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitailts of Jerusalem : 
and this city shall remain for ever. 



643. Punishment of sabbath-breakers. 

Ex. 35: 2 Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh 

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644 SABBATH. 



The First Day of the Week. 



day there shall be to you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to the 
Lord : whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. 

Num. 15: 32 While the children of Israel were in the 
wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the 
sabbath-day. 35 And the Lord said unto Moses, The man 
shall be surely put to death : all the congregation shall stone 
him with stones without the camp. 

Jer. 17: 27 If ye will not hearken unto me to hallow the 
sabbath-day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the 
gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath-day ; then will I kindle a 
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of 
Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched. 

Ezk. 20: 15 I lifted up my hand unto them in the wilder- 
ness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had 
given them^ flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory 
of all lands ; 1 6 Because they despised my judgments, and 
w^alked not in my statutes, but polluted my sabbaths : for their 
heart went after their idols. 20 And hallow my sabbaths ; 
and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may 
know that I am the Lord your God. 21 Notwithstanding, 
the children rebelled against me : they walked not in my stat- 
utes, neither kept my judgments to do them, which if a man 
do, he shall even live in them : they polluted my sabbaths : 
then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accom- 
plish my anger against them in the wilderness. 

Ezk. 22: 2(y Her priests have violated my law, and have 
profaned mine holy things : they have put no difference be- 
tween the holy and profane, neither have they shewed differ- 
ence between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their 
eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them. 31 
Therefore, have I poured out mine indignation upon them. 

644. The Jirat day of the week distinguished and observed after the resur- 
rection of Christ. 

Mk. 16: 9 When Jesus was risen early, the first dai/ of the 
week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he 
had cast seven devils. [Ps. 118: 24.] 

Jn. 20: 19 Then the same day at evening, being the first 
day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples 
were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in 
the midst, and saith unto them, Peace he unto you. [Mk. 16: 9. 
Mat. 28: 1, 8, 9.] 

Ac. 20: 7 Upon the first day of the week, when the disci- 
ples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, 
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Differ from othei's. 



(ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech 
until midnight. 

1 Cor. 1 6: 2 Upon the first day of the week let every one 
of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that 
there be no gatherings when I come. 

Rev. 1: 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard 
behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet. 



SAINTS. 
645. Saints radically differ from sinners. 

Gen. 7: 1 The Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all 
thy house into the ark : for thee have I seen righteous before 
me in this generation. 

Job 2: 3 The Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered 
my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a per- 
fect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth 
evil? and still he holdeth fast his integrity, although thou 
movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause. 

Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his 
law doth he meditate day and night. 4 The ungodly are not 
so : but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 

Jer. 15: 19 Thus saith the Lord, If thou return, then will 
I bring thee again, and thou shalt stand before me : and if 
thou take forth the precious from the vile, thou shalt be as my 
mouth. 

Ezk. 44: 23 They shall teach my people the difference be- 
tween the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between 
the unclean and the clean. 

Jn. 15: 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love 
his own ; but because ye are not of the world, but I have 
chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. 

Ac. 8: 21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for 
thy heart is not right in the sight of God. 

Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

1 Pet. 2: 9 Ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 
an holy nation, a peculiar people ; that ye should shew forth 
the praises of him w^ho hath called you out of darkness into 
his marvellous light. 

1 Jn. 5: 19 We know that we are of God, and the whole 
world lieth in wickedness. [See 591.] 

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646 — 651 SAINTS. 



Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners. 



SAINTS DISTINGUISHED FROM SINNERS BY OPPOSITE 

APPELLATIONS. 

646. The godly and ungodly. 

Ps. 1: 1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel 
of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth 
in the seat of the scornful. 4 The ungodly are not so : but 
are like the chaff which the wind driveth away. 5 Therefore 
the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the 
congregation of the righteous. — 4: 3 But know that the Lord 
hath set apart him that is godly for himself. 

647. The just and the unjust. 

Pr. 29: 27 An unjust man is an abomination to the just ; and 
he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked. 

Mat. 5: 45 That ye may be the children of your Father 
which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the 
unjust. 

648. The righteous and wicked. 

Ps. 37: 16 A little that a righteous man hath is better than 
the riches of many wicked. 17 For the arms of the wicked 
shall be broken : but the Lord upholdeth the righteous. 

Mai. 3: 18 Then shall ye return and discern between the 
righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and 
him that serveth him not. 

649. Friends of God and enemies of God. 

Is. 1: 24 Saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty 
One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and 
avenge me of mine enemies. 

Jam. 2: 23 The scripture was fulfilled, which saith, Abra- 
ham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteous- 
ness : and he was called the Friend of God. [See 690.] 

650. Lovers of God — haters of God. 

Ex. 20: 6 Shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love 
me, and keep my commandments. 

Rom. 1: 30 Backbiters, haters of God. 

651. Believers and unbelievers. 

Ac. 5: 14 Believers were the more added to the Lord, mul- 
titudes both of men and women. 

2 Cor. 6: 14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbe- 
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Opposite Appellations of Saints and Sinners. 

lievers : for what fellowship hath righteousness with unright- 
eousness ? and what communion hath light with darkness ? 

652. Sheep, and ivolves or serpents. 

Mat. 23: 33 Ye serpents, 7/e generation of vipers, how can 
ye escape the damnation of hell ? 

Jn. 10: 14 I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and 
am known of mine. 

Ac. 20: 29 I know this, that after my departing shall grievous 
wolves enter in among you, not sparing the flock. 

653. Children of God, and dtildren of the devil. 

Mat. 13: 38 The field is the world; the good seed are the 
children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one, 

1 Jn. 3: 10 In this the children of God are manifest, and 
the children of the devil : whosoever doeth not righteousness 
is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother. 

[See 690.] 

654. Children of obedience and children of disobedience. 

Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses 
and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of diso- 
bedience. 

1 Pet. 1: 14 As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves 
according to the former lusts in your ignorance. 

655. Children of light, and children of darkness. 

Is. 42: 18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see. 

Lk. 16: 8 The lord commended the unjust steward, because 
he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their 
generation wiser than the children of light. 

1 Th. b\ b Ye are all the children of light, and the children 
of the day : we are not of the night, nor of darkness. 

656. Children of the kingdom and children of wrath. 

Mat. 13: 38 The field is the world ; the good seed are the 
children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the 
wicked one, 

Ep. 2: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even others. 

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657 saints' peculiar characteristics. 

Hope and delight in God. 



PECULIAR CHARACTERISTICS OF SAINTS. 

657. Saints Jwpe and delight in God, have fdloicship and communion with 
him, and desire his presence. 

Ex. 15: 2 The Lord is mj strength and song, and he is be- 
come my salvation ; he is my God, and I will prepare him an 
habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him. 

1 S. 2: 1 Hannah prayed, and said. My heart rejoiceth in 
the Lord, mine horn is exalted in the Lord ; my mouth is 
enlarged over mine enemies ; because I rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

Ps. 16: 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and 
of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 8 I have set the Lord 
always before me : because he is at my right hand, I shall not 
be moved. — 18: 2 The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, 
and my deliverer ; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; 
my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower. 

— 34: 2 My soul shall make her boast in the Lord : the hum- 
ble shall hear thereof, and be glad. — 38: 15 In thee, Lord, 
do I hope : thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 21 Forsake 
me not, O Lord : O my God, be not far from me. [32: 22.] 

— 39: 7 Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee. — 42: 1 
As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul 
after thee, O God. 2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the living 
God : when shall I come and appear before God ? — 43: 4 
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding 
joy : yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God. — 
51: 11 Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy 
Holy Spirit from me. — 63: 1 O God, thou art my God ; early 
will I seek thee : my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth 
for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is ; 2 To 
see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the 
sanctuary. 3 Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, 
my lips shall praise thee. 8 My soul followeth hard after thee : 
thy right hand upholdeth me. — 73: 25 Whom have I in heaven 
but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire besides 
thee. 26 My flesh and my heart faileth: hut God is the 
strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. — 119: 57 Thou 
art my portion, O Lord : I have said that I would keep thy 
words. 

Is. 12: 2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I will trust, and not 

be afraid ; for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my 

song ; he also is become my salvation, -^i— 26: 8 Yea, in the way 

of thy judgments, Lord, have we waited for thee ; the de- 

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saints' peculiar characteristics. 658 

They lore God's law and institutions. 

eire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of 
thee. 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night ; yea, 
with my spirit within me will I seek thee early. — 61: 10 I 
will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my 
God. 

Jer. 14: 8 O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time 
of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, 
and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night ? 
9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonished, as a mighty 
man that cannot save ? yet thou, O Lord, aTi in the midst of 
us, and we are called by thy name ; leave us not. 

Lam. 3: 24 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul ; there- 
fore will I hope in him. 

Hab. 3: 17 Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither 
shall fruit be in the vines ; the labor of the olive shall fail, and 
the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from 
the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : 1 8 Yet I will 
rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. 

Rom. 5: 2 By whom also we have access by faith into this 
grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of 
God. 

1 Cor. 1: 9 God is faithful, by whom ye were called mito 
the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

1 Jn. 1: 3 That which we have seen and heard declare we 
unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us : and truly 
our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus 
Christ. [See 6, 294.] 

658. Saints love and obey God's law, and delight in all his truth and insti- 
tutions. 

Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his 
law doth he meditate day and night. — 119: 20 My soulbreak- 
eth for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. 
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, and my counsellors. 
97 O how love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. 103 
How sweet are thy words unto my taste 1 yea^ sweeter than 
honey to my mouth. Ill Thy testimonies have I taken as an 
heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart. 127 
Therefore I love thy commandments above gold ; yea, above 
fine gold. 128 Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning 
all things to be right; and I hate every false way. 131 I 
opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy command- 
ments. 162 I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great 
spoil. 167 My soul hath kept thy testimonies; and I love 
them exceedingly. 

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659, 660 saints' peculiar characteristics. 

Are honest — Meek and forbearing. 

Jer. 15: 16 Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and 
thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart. 

Rom. 7: 22 I delight in the law of God, after the inward 
man. [See 106.] 

659. Honesty^ integrity^ and Jinnness of saints, leaving consequences to God. 

Gen. 22: 10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the 
knife to slay his son. 

Is. 49: 4 Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent 
my strength for nought, and in vain ; yet surely my judgment 
is with he Lord, and my work with my God. 5 And now, 
saitli the Lord that formed me from the womb to be his ser- 
vant, to bring Jacob again to him. Though Israel be not gath- 
ered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my 
God shall be my strength. 

Jn. 1: 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of 
him. Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! 

2 Cor. 1: 12 Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our con- 
science, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly 
wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversa- 
tion in the world, and more abundantly to you- ward. — 4: 1 
Seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we 
faint not ; 2 But have renounced the hidden things of dishon- 
esty ; not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God 
deceitfully; but, by manifestation of the truth, commending 
ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 

[See 56, 294, 460, 504, 629.] 

660. Saints have a meek, gentle, forbearing, and forgiving spirit. 

Mat. 10: 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst 
of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as 
doves. 

1 Cor. 4: 12 And labor, working with our own hands. Be- 
ing reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it: 13 Being 
defamed, we entreat. — 13: 4 Charity suiFereth long, and is 
kind ; charity envieth not ; charity vaunteth not itself, is not 
puffed up, 7 Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth 
all things, endureth all things. 

Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temper- 
ance : against such there is no law. 

Heb. 10: 34 Ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took 
joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that 
ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance. 

Jam. 5: 6 Ye have condemned a?id killed the just ; and he 
doth not resist you. [See 62, 437, 499, 737.] 
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saints' peculiar characteristics. 661, 662 

They are benevolent, and grieye at sin. 

661. Saints are self-denying^ disinterested^ and devoted to God and his cause. 

Ac. 4: 32 The multitude of them that believed were of one 
heart, and of one soul : neither said any of them that aught of 
the things which he possessed was his own : but they had all 
things common. 

2 Cor. 12: 14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to 
you ; and I will not be burdensome to you : for I seek not yours, 
but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, 
but the parents for the children. 15 And 1 will very gladly 
spend and be spent for you ; though the more abundantly 1 love 
you, the less I be loved. [See 295, 407, 414, 674.] 

662. Saints fjrieue when sinners dishonor and offend God. 

Ezra 9: 2 They have taken of their daughters for them- 
selves, and for their sons : so that the holy seed have mingled 
themselves with the people of those lands : yea, the hand of the 
princes and rulers hath been chief in this trespass. 3 And 
when I heard this thing, I rent my garment and my mantle, 
and plucked off the hair of my head and of my beard, and sat 
down astonished. 4 Then were assembled unto me every one 
that trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of 
the transgression of those that had been carried away ; and I 
sat astonished until the evening sacrifice. 5 And at the even- 
ing sacrifice I arose up from my heaviness ; and having rent 
my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and spread 
out my hands unto the Lord my God. — 10: 6 Then Ezra 
rose up from before the house of God, and went into the 
chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib : and wheii he came 
thither, he did eat no bread, nor drink water : for he mourned 
because of the transgression of them that had been carried 
away. 

Ps. 119: 136 Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because 
they keep not thy law. 158 I beheld the transgressors, and 
was grieved ; because they kept not thy word. 

Ezk. 9: 4 The Lord said unto him. Go through the midst 
of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark 
upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all 
the abominations that be done in the midst thereof. 

Ac. 17: 1 6 While Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit 
was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to 
idolatry. 

Rom. 9: 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience 
also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have 
great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I 
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663, 664 saints' peculiar characteristics. 



They feel their guilt — live by faith. 



could wish that myself were accursed from Christ, for my 
brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh. 

2 Pet. 2: 7 And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy con- 
versation of the wicked : 8 ( For that righteous man dwelling 
among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul 
from day to day with their unlawful deeds.) [See 538.] 

663. Saints feel their unworthlness^ and desire to learn their guilt. 

Gen. 32: 10 I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies, 
and of all the truth, which thou hast shewed unto thy servant. 

Job 13: 23 How many are mine iniquities and sins? make 
me to know my transgression and my sin. 

Ps. 26: 2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove me ; try my 
reins and my heart. — 51:3 I acknowledge my transgressions : 
and my sin is ever before me. — 115: 1 Not unto us, O Lord, 
not unto us, but unto thy name give glory, for thy mercy, and 
for thy truth's sake. — 139: 23 Search me, O God, and know 
my heart : try me, and know my thoughts : 24 And see if 
there he any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way ever- 
lasting. 

Mat. 8: 8 The centurion answered and said. Lord, I am not 
worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof : but speak the 
word only, and my servant shall be healed. — 25: 37 Then 
shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we 
thee a hungered, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 
38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in ? or naked, 
and clothed thee ? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison^ 
and came unto thee ? 

Rom. 7: 24 O wretched man that I am ! who shall delivei 
me from the body of this death ? 

1 Cor. 15: 9 I am the least of the apostles, that am not 
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church 
of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am. 

Ep. 3: 8 Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, 
is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles 
the unsearchable riches of Christ. [See 507, 537.] 

664. Saints believe in Christy and live by faith in him. 

Gal. 2: 20 I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; 
yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now 
live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

1 Pet. 1: 8 Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, 
though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy 
unspeakable, and full of glory. [See 184.] 
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saints' peculiar characteristics. Q65 — 667 

They delight in prayer — have internal peace — make progress. 

665. Saints delight in devout meditation and prayer. 

Ps. 1: 2 His delight is in the law of the Lord ; and in his 
law doth he meditate day and night. 

Ps. 16: 8 I have set the Lord always before me: because 
he IS at my right hand, I shall not be moved. — 63: 5 My soul 
shall be satisfied as ivith marrow and fatness ; and my mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips : 6 When I remember thee upon 
my bed, a/ic? meditate on thee in the night watches. — 77: 11 
I will remember the works of the Lord : surely I will remem- 
ber thy wonders of old. 12 I will meditate also of all thy work, 
and talk of thy doings. — 119: 23 Princes also did sit and 
speak against me : but thy servant did meditate in thy statutes. 
24 Thy testimonies also are my delight, a7id my counsellors. 
48 My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which 
I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes. 97 O how 
love I thy law ! it is my meditation all the day. 99 1 have 
more understanding than all my teachers : for thy testimonies 
are my meditation. 148 Mine eyes prevent the night-watches, 
that I might meditate in thy word. — 143: 5 I remember the 
days of old, I meditate on all thy works ; I muse on the work 
of thy hands. 6 I stretch forth my hands unto thee : my soul 
thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. 

Dan. 6: 10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, 
he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his 
chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three 
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as 
he did aforetime. [See 64, 531.] 

666. Saints have peculiar internal peace. 

Ps. 119: 165 Great peace have they which love thy law: 
and nothing shall offend them. 

Jn. 14: 27 Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto 
you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your 
heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. 

Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. 

Ph. 4: 7 The peace of God, which passeth all understand- 
ing, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. 

[See 582.] 

667. Saints make progress in knowledge and holiness. 

Ps. 92: 12 The righteous shall flourish like the palm-tree: 
he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. 13 Those that be 
planted in the house of the Lord, shall flourish in the courts 

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668, 669 saints' peculiar characteristics. 

They cannot boast — Their comparative number. 

of our God. 14 They shall still bring forth fruit in old age ; 
they shall be fat and flourishing. 

Mat. 13: 33 Another parable spake he unto them ; The king- 
dom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and 
hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 

Mk. 4: 26 He said. So is the kingdom of God, as if a man 
should cast seed into the ground ; 27 And should sleep, and 
rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he 
knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of 
herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in 
the ear. 

2 Cor. 4: 1 6 For which cause we faint not ; but though our 
outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by 
day. 

2 Th. 1: 3 We are bound to thank God always for you, 
brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceed- 
ingly, and the charity of every one of you all toward each 
other aboundeth. [See 515.] 

668. Saints made to differ — boasting excluded. 

Rom. 3: 27 Where is boasting then ? It is excluded. By 
what law ? of works ? Nay ; but by the law of faith. 

1 Cor. 4: 7 Who maketh thee to differ from another ? and 
w^hat hast thou that thou didst not receive ? now if thou didst 
receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received 
It? 

Ep. 2: 1 You kath he quickened^ who were dead in trespasses 
and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the 
course of this world, according to the prince of the power of 
the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobe- 
dience : 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilHng the desires of the 
i?esh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 8 For by grace are ye saved, through 
faith ; and that not of yourselves : it is the gift of God. 

[See 482.] 

669. Real saints have been comparatively few ^ but will be very numerous 

Gen. 7: 1 The Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy 
house into the ark : for thee have I seen righteous before me 
in this generation. [Gen. 6: 11, 12.] 

Gen. 18: 32 He said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry and I 
will speak yet but this once : Peradventure ten shall be found 
there. And he said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake. 

Num. 14: 23 Surely they shall not see the land which 1 
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saints' peculiar characteristics. 670, 671 

They are the light of the world — Their peculiarit}- . 

sware unto their fathers, neither shall any of them that pro- 
voked me see it : 24 But my servant Caleb, because he had 
anotlier spirit with him, and hath followed me fully, him will I 
bring into the land whereinto he went ; and his seed shall 
possess it. 

Mat. 7:14 Strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which lead- 
eth unto life, and few there be that find it. — 20: 1 6 The last 
shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen. 

Lk. 12: 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good 
pleasure to give you the kingdom. — 13:23 Then said one 
unto him. Lord, are there few that be saved ? And he said 
unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, 
^ I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. — 
18: 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Neverthe- 
less, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? 

2 Tim. 1: 15 This thou knowest, that all they which are in 
Asia be turned away from me ; of whom are Phygellus and 
Hermogenes. 

Rev. 7: 9 After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude which 
no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, 
and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands. [See 440.] 

670. Saints, the light and salvation of the luorld. 

Jer. 5: 1 Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, 
and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, 
if ye can find a man, if there be auT/ that executeth judgment, 
that seeketh the truth ; and I will pardon it. 

Ezk. 22: 29 The people of the land have used oppression, 
and exercised robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy : 
yea, they have oppressed the stranger wrongfully. 30 And 1 
sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, 
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not 
destroy it ; but I found none. 

Mat. 5: 13 Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have 
lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted ? it is thenceforth 
good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 14 Ye are the light of the world. A city that 
is set on a hill cannot be hid. [See 545.] 

671. Singularity of Saints. 

Dt. 14: 2 The Lord hath chosen thee to be a peculiar peo- 
ple unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth. 

Rom. 7: 15 That which I do, I allow not : for what I would, 
that do I not ; but what I hate, that do I. 16 If then I do 

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Their future preeminence and glory. 



that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. 
17 Now then it is no more 1 that do it, but sin that dwelleth 
in me. 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) 
dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me ; but 
how to perform that which is good, I find not. 19 For the 
good that I would, I do not ; but the evil which I would not, 
that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more 1 
that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, 
that when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I 
delight in the law of God, after the inward man : 23 But I see 
another law in my members warring against the law of my 
mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is 
in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am ! who shall 
deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God, 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then, with the mind, I 
myself serve the law of God ; but with the flesh the law of sin. 

2 Cor. 6: 8 As deceivers, and yet true ; 9 As unknown, and 
yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, 
and not killed ; 10 As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; as poor, 
yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing 
all things. 

Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem 
us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. 

672. God's ddicjld in saints, and prospective view of their perfection, preem- 
inence and (/lory. 

Num. 23: 21 He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither 
hath he seen perverseness in Israel. 

Dt. 32: 9 The Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot 
of his inheritance. 

Job 7: 17 What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? 
and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him ? 18 And 
that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every 
moment ? 

Ps. 50: 2 Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath 
sinned. 

Song 4: 7 Thou art all fair, my love ; there is no spot in 
thee. 

Is. 43: 4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast 
been honorable, and I have loved thee : therefore will I give 
men for thee, and people for thy life. — 46: 13 I will place 
salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. — 62: 3 Thou shalt also 
be a crown of glory in the hand of the Lord, and a royal dia- 
dem in the hand of thy God. 5 For as a young man marrieth 
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Their futuir preeminence and giory. 



a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee : and as the bridegroom 
rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee. 

Zep. 3: 17 The Lord thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; 
he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy ; he will rest in 
his love, he will joy over thee with singing. 

Mai. 3:16 Then they that feared the Lord spake often one 
to another : and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book 
of remembrance was written before him for them that feared 
the Lord, and that thought upon his name. 17 And they shall 
be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up 
my jewels ; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own 
son that serveth him. 

Mat. 13: 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun 
in the kingdom of their Father. 

Lk. 7: 42 When they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave 
them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him 
most? 43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to 
whom he forgave most. And he said unto him. Thou hast 
rightly judged. 47 Wherefore, I say unto thee. Her sins, which 
are many, are forgiven ; for she loved much : but to whom little 
is forgiven, the same loveth little. — 15: 7 1 say unto you, that 
likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, 
more than over ninety and nine just persons which need no 
repentance. 22 But the father said to his servants. Bring forth 
the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, 
and shoes on his feet. 

Jn. 14: 21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth 
them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me, shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest 
myself to him. 22 Judas saith unto him, (not Iscariot) Lord, 
how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto 
the world ? 23 Jesus answered and said unto him. If a man 
love me, he will keep my words : and my Father will love him, 
and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. — 
15: 9 As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : con- 
tinue ye in my love. 15 Henceforth I call you not servants; 
for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth : but 1 have 
called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father, 
I have made known unto you. — 20: 17 Go to my brethren, and 
say unto them, I ascend unto my Father and your Father, and 
to my God and your God. 

Rom. 8: 29 Whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate 
to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the 
first-born among many brethren. 

1 Cor. 6: 3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels ? 

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673 SCORN AND CONTEMPT. 

Scorn and contempt reprobated. 

2 Cor. 8: 23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, he is my 
partner and fellow-helper concerning you : or our brethren be 
inquired of^ they are the messengers of the churches, and the 
glory of Christ. 

Ep. 5: 25 Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also 
loved the church, and gave himself for it ; 26 That he might 
sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word, 
27 That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not 
having spot or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that it should 
be holy and without blemish. 

Col. 1: 21 You, that were sometime alienated and enemies 
in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled, 
22 In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy, 
and unblamable, and unreprovable, in his sight. 

Heb. 12: 23 To the general assembly and church of the first- 
born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, 
and to the spirits of just men made perfect. 

Rev. 1: 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and 
his Father. — 14: 3 They sung as it were a new song before 
the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders : and no 
man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four 
thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. — 21: 9 Come 
hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife. 

[See 94, 340, 504, 584-5.] 



SCORN AND CONTEMPT. 
673. Unhallowed scorn and contempt reprobated. 

Pr. 3: 34 Surely he scorneth the scorners : but he giveth 
grace unto the lowly. — 9: 12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be 
w^ise for thyself: but if thoxx scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. 
— 12: 5 For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the 
needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him in 
9>difetj from him that puffeth at him. — 14: 21 He that despiseth 
his neighbor sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poor, 
happy is he. — 15: 20 A wise son maketh a glad father: but a 
foolish man despiseth his mother. — 19: 29 Judgments are 
prepared for scorners. — 22: 10 Cast out the scorner, and con- 
tention shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. — 
29: 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare : but wise men 
turn away wrath. 

Mat. 18: 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these 
little ones : for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do 
always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven. 
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SELF-DENIAL. 674 



Required, exemplified, and ejicouraged. 



SELF-DENIAL. 

674. Self-denial required^ exemplified and encouraged. 

Gen. 22: 10 Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the 
knife to slay his son. 12 Laj not thine hand upon the lad, 
neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou 
fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only 
son, from me. 

Mat. 10: 37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, 
is not worthy of me : and he that loveth son or daughter more 
than me, is not worthy of me. 38 And he that taketh not his 
cross, and folio weth after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He 
that findeth his life shall lose it : and he that loseth his life for 
my sake, shall find it. — 16: 24 Then said Jesus unto his dis- 
ciples. If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, 
and take up his cross, and follow me. 25 For whosoever will 
save his life, shall lose it : and w^hosoever will lose his life for 
my sake, shall find it. 26 For what is a man profited, if he 
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what 
shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? [Mk. 8: 34 — 37.] 
— 19: 29 Every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or 
sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for 
my name's sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit 
everlasting life. 

Mk. 10: 28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have 
left all, and have followed thee. 29 And Jesus answered and 
said, Yerily I say unto you. There is no man that hath left 
house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or 
children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, 30 But he 
shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and 
brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, 
with persecutions ; and in the world to come, eternal life. 
[Lk. 18: 28—30.] 

Lk. 14: 26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, 
and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, 
yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. 27 ^Vho- 
soever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be 
my disciple. 33 Whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not 
all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple. — 18: 28 Then Peter 
said, Lo, w^e have left all, and followed thee. [See 356.] 

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675,676 SENSUALITY — SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 

Sensuality forbidden and reproved — Patriarchal servants. 

SENSUALITY. 

675. Improper sensual indulgences forbidden and reproved. 

Am. 6: 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the 
seat of violence to come near ; 4 That lie upon beds of ivory, 
and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs 
out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall ; 
5 That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves 
instruments of music, like David ; 6 That drink wine in bowls, 
and anoint themselves with the chief ointments : but they are 
not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. 7 Therefore, now shall 
they go captive with the first that go captive, and the banquet 
of them that stretched themselves shall be removed. 

Rom. 6: 12 Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, 
that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. — 13: 13 Let us walk 
honestly, as in the day : not in rioting and drunkenness, not in 
chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But 
put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for 
the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof 

2 Cor. 7: 1 Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, 
let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit^ 
perfecting holiness in the fear of God. 

Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodliness, 
and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, 
in this present world. 

1 Pet. 2: 11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you, as strangers 
and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against 
the soul. [See 366, 698.] 



SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 

676. Were the civil rights and religious privileges of the patriarchal servants 
so secured, as to gain their confidence ? 

Gen. 14: 14 When Abram heard that his brother was taken 
captive, he armed his trained servants, born in his own house, 
three hundred and eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. — • 
17: 12 He that is eight days old shall be circumcised among 
you, every man-child in your generations, he that is born in the 
house, or bought with money of any stranger which is not of 
thy seed. — 24: 2 Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his 
house, that ruled over all that he had. Put, I pray thee, thy 
hand under my thigh : 3 And I will make thee swear by the 
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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 677 



Lord, the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, that thou 
shalt not take a wife unto my son of the daughters of the 
Canaanites among whom I dwell : 4 But thou shalt go unto 
my country, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son 
Isaac. 10 And the servant took ten camels, of the camels of 
his master, and departed ; (for all the goods of his master were 
in his hand,) and he arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto the 
city of Nahor. 

Job 31: 13 If I did despise the cause of my man-servant or 
of my maid-servant, when they contended with me; 14 What 
then shall I do when God riseth up ? and when he visiteth, 
what shall I answer him ? 

677. Hebrew laws and usages on procuring^ holding, and releasing servants^ 
1. Voluntary servants^ and service for life, or for a term, and laws of release. 

Ex. 21:5 If the servant shall plainly say, I love my master, 
my wife, and my children ; I will not go out free : 6 Then his 
master shall bring him unto the judges : he shall also bring him 
to the door, or unto the door-post ; and his master shall bore 
his ear through with an awl ; and he shall serve him for ever. 

Lev. 25: 47 If a sojourner or a stranger wax rich by thee, 
and thy brother ikat dioelleth by him w^ax poor, and sell himself 
unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the 
stranger's family : 48 After that he is sold he may be redeemed 
again ; one of his brethren may redeem him : 49 Either his 
uncle, or his uncle's son may redeem him, or any that is nigh of 
kin unto him of his family may redeem him ; or if he be able, 
he may redeem himself. 50 And he shall reckon with him 
that bought him, from the year that he was sold to him, unto 
the year of jubilee : and the price of his sale shall be according 
unto the number of years, according to the time of an hired 
snrvant shall it be with him. 51 If there he yet many years 
behind^ according unto them he shall give again the price of his 
redemption out of the money that he was bought for. 52 And 
if there remain but few years unto the year of jubilee, then he 
shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give 
him again the price of his redemption. 53 And as a yearly 
hired servant shall he be with him : and the other shall not rule 
with rigor over him in thy sight. 54 And if he be not redeemed 
in these years^ then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both 
he, and his children with him. 

Dt. 15: 16 It shall be, if he say unto thee, I w^ill not go 
away from thee ; because he loveth thee and thine house, be- 
cause he is well with thee; 17 Then thou shalt take an awl 
and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be 

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677 SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 



thj servant for ever. And also unto thy maid-servant thou 
shalt do likewise. 

2. Hebrews and their children^ sometimes sold for debt — laws of release^ of rewards 
etc, 

Ex. 21: 2 If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall 
serve : and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing. 3 
If he came in by himself, he shall go out by himself: if he were 
married, then his wife shall go out with him. 4 If his master 
have given him a wife, and she have borne him sons or daugh- 
ters, the wife and her children shall be her master's, and he 
shall go out by himself 

Lev. 25: 39 K thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen 
poor, and be sold unto thee ; thou shalt not compel him to 
serve as a bond-servant : 40 But as an hired servant, and 
as a sojourner he shall be with thee, and shall serve thee unto 
the year of jubilee : 41 And then shall he depart from thee, 
both he and liis children with him, and shall return unto his 
own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he re- 
turn. 42 For they are my servants which I brought forth out 
of the land of Egypt; they shall not be sold as bond-men. 
43 Thou shalt not rule over him with rigor, but shalt fear thy 
God. 

Dt. 15: 12 If thy brother, an Hebrew man, or an Hebrew 
woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years ; then in the 
seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee. 13 And 
when thou sendest him out free from thee, thou shalt not let 
him go away empty : 14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally out 
of thy flock, and out of thy floor, and out of thy wine-press : 
of that wherewith the Lord thy God hath blessed thee thou 
shalt give unto him. 15 And thou shalt remember that thou 
wast a bond-man in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God 
redeemed thee : therefore I command thee this thing to-day. 
18 It shall not sfeem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him 
away free from thee : for he hath been worth a double hired 
servant to thee^ in serving thee six years : and the Lord thy 
God shall bless thee in all that thou doest. 

2 K. 4: 1 There cried a certain woman of the wives of the 
sons of the pi^ophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my hus- 
band is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the 
Lord : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons 
to be bond-men. 

Neh. 5: 2 There were that said, We, our sons, and our 

daughters, are many : therefore we take up corn for them, that 

we may eat, and live. 5 Our flesh is as the flesh of our 

brethren, our children as their children : and lo, we bring into 

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SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 678, 679 

Permanent servants — Maiming servants — Oppressing servants. 

bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some 
of our daughters are brought into bondage already : neither is 
it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands 
and vineyards, 

3. FernuxMent servants were of the heathen^ or of stratigers^ and not Hebrews 

Lev. 25: 44 Both thy bond-men, and thy bond-maids, which 
thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about 
you ; of them shall ye buy bond-men and bond-maids. 45 
Moreover, of the children of the strangers that do sojourn 
among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that 
are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall 
be your possession. 46 And ye shall take them as an inherit- 
ance for your children after you, to inherit them for a posses- 
sion, they shall be your bond-men for ever: but over your 
brethren the children of Israel, ye shall not rule one over 
another with rigor. 

678. Mosaic penalty for maiming servants, 

Ex. 21: 20 If a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a 
rod, and he die under his hand ; he shall be surely punished. 
21 Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not 
be punished: for he is his money. 26 And, if a man smite the 
eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he 
shall let him go free for his eye's sake. 27 And if he smite 
out his man-servant's tooth, or his maid-servant's tooth ; he 
shall let him go free for his tooth's sake. 

679. Justice and kindness to servants enjoined — oppression forbidden, 

Dt. 23: 15 Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the ser- 
vant which has escaped from his master unto thee : 1 6 He shall 
dwell with thee, eve7i among you in that place which he shall 
choose in one of thy gates where it liketh him best : thou shalt 
not oppress him. — 24: 14 Thou shalt not oppress a hired 
servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, 
or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : 15 
At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the 
sun go down upon it, for he is poor, and setteth his heart 
upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin 
unto thee. 

Jer. 22: 13 Wo unto him that buildeth his house by un- 
righteousness, and his chambers by wrong; that useth his 
neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not for his 
work. 

Col. 4: 1 Masters, give unto your servants that which is just 
And eoual : knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven. 
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680 SERVANTS xlND SERVITUDE. 

Apostelic precepts. 

I Tim. 5: 18 The scripture saith. Thou shaltnot muzzle the 
ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The laborer is worthy of 
his reward. [Ezk. 16: 49.} [See 490, 68% 687.} 

6^-80^, Ap&stdic precepts respecting the duties of masters and sey'uants. 

Ep. 6: 5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your mas- 
ters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in single- 
ness of your heart, as unto Christ; G Not with eye-seryiee, 
as men-pleasers ; but as the servants of Christ, doing the 
will of God from the heart ; 7 With good will doing service, 
as to the Lord, and not to men : 8 Kowing that whatsoever 
good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the 
Lord, whether he be band or free. 9 And, ye masters, do the 
same things unto them, forbearing threatening : knowing that 
your Master also is in heaven ; neither is there respect of per 
sons with him. 

Col. 3: 22 Servants, obey in all things ymir masters accord- 
ing to the flesh ; not with eye-service, as men-pleasers ; but in 
singleness of heart, fearing God: 23 And whatsoever ye do, 
do It heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; 24 Knowing 
that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance : 
for ye serve the Lord Christ. 

1 Tim. 6: 1 Let as many servants as are under the yoke 
count their own masters worthy of all honor, that the name of 
God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. 2 And they that 
have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they 
are brethren; but rather do them service, because they are 
faithfnl and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things 
teach and exhort. 3 If any man teach otherwise, and consent 
not to wholesome words, everi the words of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness, 4 
He is proud, knowing notliing. 

Tit. 2: 9 Exhort servants to be obedient unto their own 
masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering 
again; 10 Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that 
they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things. 

1 Pet. 2: 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all 
fear ; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 
19 For this is thank-worthy, if a man for conscience toward 
God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is 
it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it pa- 
tiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it 
patiently, this is acceptable with God. 
482 



SERVANTS AND SERVITUDE. 681, 662 

Ancient traffic in slaves — Penalties for man-stealing. 

681. Ancient merchandise in ^^ slaves and the souls of menP 

Ezk. 27: 13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, they were thy mer- 
chants : they traded the persons of men and vessels of brass 
in thy market. 

Joel 3: 3 They have cast lots for my people ; and have given 
a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might 
drink. 6 The children also of Judah and the children of 
Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might re- 
move them far from their border. 

Rev. 18: 2 Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is be- 
come the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, 
and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. 11 And the 
merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her ; for no 
man buyeth their merchandise any more : 12 The merchandise 
of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and of pearls, and fine 
linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, 
and all manner vessels of ivory, and all manner vessels of 
most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble, 13 And 
cinnamon, and odors, and ointments, and frankincense, and 
wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and beasts, and sheep, 
and horses, and chariots, and slaves, [Gr. bodies,] and souls 
of men. [See 488, 636.] 

682. Penalties for man-stealing^ and infringing human liberty^ in procuring 
and holding servants. 

Ex. 21: 16 He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he 
be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

Dt. 24: 7 If a man be found stealing any of his brethren 
of the children of Israel, and maketh merchandise of him, or 
selleth him ; then that thief shall die ; and thou shalt put evil 
away from among you. 

Jer. 5: 26 Among my people are found wicked men : they 
lay wait, as he that setteth snares ; they set a trap, they catch 
men. — 34: 17 Thus saith the Lord ; Ye have not hearkened 
unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and 
every man to his neighbor : behold, I proclaim a liberty for 
you, saith the Lord, to the sword, to the pestilence, and to the 
famine ; and I will make you to be removed into all the king- 
doms of the earth. 

1 Tim. 1: 9 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a 
righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the un- 
godly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers 
of fathers, and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, 10 For 
whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, 

483 



083 6S5 SERVAISTTS AKD SERYITHDE. 

Freedom of jubilee — Freedom desirable — General precepts. 

for men-stealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be 
any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine, 
[See489— 491, 631,636.] 

683. Freedom at the year of jubilee for mrvan's. 

Lev. 25: 10 Ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclmm 
liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: 
it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man 
unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his 
family. 

684. Freedom recommended as pi^eferaUe to servitude, 

1 Cor. 7: 21 Art thou called being a servant ? care not for 

it ; but if thou may est be made free, use it rather. 22 For he 
that is called in the Lowi, being a servant, is the Lord's free- 
man: likewise also he that is called, being free, is Christ's 
servant. 23 Ye are bought with a price ; be not ye the ser- 
vants of men. 

Philemon 15 Perhaps he therefore departed for a season, 
that thou shouldest receive him for ever ; 1 6 Not now as a 
servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, especially to 
me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the 
Lord ? 20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord : 
refresh my bowels in the Lord. 21 Having confidence in thy 
obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do 
more than I say. 

685. General precepts respecting the duty of man to man in ail the relations 
of life. 

Mai. 2: 10 Have we not all one father? hath not one God 
created us ? why do we deal treacherously every man against 
his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers ? 

Mat. 7: 12 All things whatsoever ye would that men should 
do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the 
prophets. — 22: 37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the 
Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great command- 
ment. 39 And the second is like unto it. Thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang 
all the law and the prophets. 

Gal. 5: 13 Brethren, ye have been called unto liberty ; only 
use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve 
one another. 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, ei^en 
in this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 15 But if ye 
bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consume^ 
one of another. [See 412—414, 631-5.] 
484 



SERVANTS AND SERVITUDIC. 686, 687 

Sympathy for those in bonds, required. 

686. Encouragement to treat those '' in bonds^^'' and in poverty and oppres- 
siojt, with sympathy and liberality. 

Is. 58: 6 Is not this the fast that I have chosen ? to loose the 
bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let 
the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke ? 1 Is U 
not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the 
poor that are cast out to thy house ? when thou seest the naked, 
that thou cover him ; and that thou hide not thyself from thine 
own flesh ? 8 Then shall thy light break forth as the morn- 
ing, and thine health shall spring forth speedily : and thy right- 
eousness shall go before thee ; the glory of the Lord shall be 
thy rere-ward, 9 Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall 
answer ; thou shalt cry, and' he shall say, Here I am. If thou 
take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth 
of the finger, and speaking vanity ; 10 And if thou draw out 
thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul ; then shall 
thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon- 
day : 11 And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and sat- 
isfy thy soul in d/ought, and make fat thy bones : and thou 
shalt be hke a watered garden, and like a spring of water, 
v/hose waters fail not. 

Heb. 13: 3 Remember them ihat are in bonds, as bound 
with them ; and them which sufter adversity, as being your- 
selves also in the body. [See 527.] 

687. Duty to espouse the cause of the injured and oppressed. 

Ps. 82: 3 Defend the poor and fatherless : do justice to the 
afflicted and needy, 4 Deliver the poor and needy : rid them 
out of the hand of the wicked. 

Pr. 21: 13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, 
he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. — 24: 11 If 
thou forbear to dehver them that are drawn unto death, and 
those that are ready to be slain; 12 If thou sayest, Behold, 
we knew it not ; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider 
it 1 and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it .^ and 
shall not he render to every man according to his works? -^ 
31: 8 Open thy mouth for the dumb in the cause of all sucih a3 
are appointed to destruction. 9 Open thy mouth, judge right- 
eously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

Is. 1: 17 Learn to do well ; seek judgment, relieve the op- 
pressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. — 16:3 
Take counsel, execute judgment ; make thy shadow as the night 
in the midst of the noon-day ; hide the outcasts ; bewray not 
him that wandereth. 4 Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, 
Moab : be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler: 

41* 485 



688, 6S9 siNiTERS. 



Destitute of holiness — Full of selfishness. 



for the extortioner is at an end^ the spoiler ceaseth, the op- 
pressors are consumed out of the land. 

Jer. 21: 12 O house of David, thus saith the Lord ; Exe- 
cute judgment in the morning, and deliver him that is spoiled 
out of the hand of the oppresor, lest my fury go out like fire, 
and bum that none can quench ity because of the evil of your 
doings. [See 490, 526-7.] 



SIKNEKS. 

688. Sinners destitvie of holiness. 

Is. 1: 5 Why should ye be stricken any more ? ye will re- 
volt more and more : the whole head is sick, and the whole heart 
faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no 
soundness in it ; hut wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : 
they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified 
with ointment. 

Jn. 5: 42 I know you, that ye have not the love of God in 
you. 

Rom. 6: 20 When ye were the servants of sin, ye were free 
from righteousness. — 7: 18 I know that in me (that is, in my 
flesh,) dwelleth no good thing. — 8: 8 They that are in the 
flesh cannot please God. 

1 Cor. 2; 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of 
the Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither 
can he know theyn, because they are spiritually discerned. 

Ep. 2: 12 That at that time ye were without Christ, being 
aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from 
the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in 
the world. [See 165, 589.] 

689. Sinners full of selfishness and unrighteousness. 

Job 21: 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve 
him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? 

Is. 56: 11 Yea, they are greedy dogs ivhich can never have 
enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand : they 
all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his 
quarter. 

Jer. 6: 13 From the least of them even unto the greatest of 
them every one is given to covetousness ; and from the pro- 
phet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely. — 22: 17 
Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy covetousness, 
and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppression, and for vio- 
lence to do it, 
486 



SINNERS. 690 



Ercmies to God. 



Ezk. 22: 12 In thee have they taken gifts tp shed blood; 
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily 
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, 
saith the Lord God. — 33: 31 Their heart goeth after their 
covetousness. 

Hos. 10: 1 Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit 
unto himself. 

Mat. 5: 46 If ye love them which love you, what reward 
have ye ? do not even the publicans the same ? 47 And if ye 
salute your brethren only, what do ye more tha7i others ? do not 
even the publicans so ? 

Lk. 6: 32 If ye love them which love you, what thank have 
ye ? for sinners also love those that love them. 33 And if 
ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have 
ye ? for sinners also do even the same. 34 And if ye lend to 
them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye ? for 
sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. 

Ph. 2: 21 All seek their own, not the things which are Jesus 
Christ's. 

1 Tim. 6: 5 Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, 
and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness : 
from such withdraw thyself. 

2 Tim. 3: 2 Men shall be lovers of their own selves, covet- 
ous, boasters, proud. 

[See 137, 191, 194, 411, 609, 623, 728, 732-3.] 

690. Sinners enemies to God, children of the adversary, and prone to 
wicked works. 

Ps. 36: 1 The transgression of the wicked saith within my 
heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. — 53: 1 The 
fool hath said in his heart. There is no God. Corrupt are they, 
and have done abominable iniquity : there is none that doeth 
good. 2 God looked down from heaven upon the children of 
men, to see if there were nay that did understand, that did 
seek God. 3 Every one of them is gone back : they are alto- 
gether become filthy ; there is none that doeth good, no, not 
one. — 55: 9 I have seen violence and strife in the city. 10 
Day and night they go about it upon the walls thereof: mis- 
chief also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 11 Wickedness 
is in the midst thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her 
streets. — 73: 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a 
chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes 
stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wish. 
8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : 

487 



691 SINNERS. 



Disobedient to God. 



they speak loftily. 9 Thej set their mouth against the heavens, 
and their tongue walketh through the earth. 

Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 

Mat. 13: 38 The tares are the children of the wicked one. 
— 23: 33 Te serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye 
escape the damnation of hell ? 

Jn. 7: 7 The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, be- 
cause I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. — 8: 44 
Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father 
ye will do : he was a murderer from the beginning, and abode 
not in the truth ; because there is no truth in him. When he 
speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and 
the father of it. — 15: 24 If I had not done among them the 
works which none other man did, they had not had sin : but 
now have they both seen, and hated both me and my Father. 
25 But this Cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
that is written in their law. They hated me without a cause. 

Ac. 7: 51 Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and 
ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost : as your fathers did, 
so do ye. — 13: 10 full of all subtilty, and all mischief, thou 
child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou 
not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord ? 

Rom. 1: 30 Haters of God. — 3: 13 Their throat is an open 
sepulchre ; with their tongues they have used deceit ; the poi- 
son of asps is under their lips: 14 Whose mouth is full of 
cursing and bitterness. 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 
16 Destruction and misery are in their ways: 17 And the 
way of peace have they not known. 18 There is no fear of 
God before their eyes. — 8: 7 Because the carnal mind is en- 
mity against God : for it is not subject to the law of God, 
neither indeed can be. [See 68, 86, 165-6, 511, 702, 740.] 

691. Sinners disobedient to God. 

Ex. 5: 2 Pharaoh said, Who is the Lord, that I should obey 
his voice to let Israel go ? I know not the Lord, neither will 
I let Israel go. 

Dt. 31: 27 I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, 
while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious 
against the Lord ; and how much more after my death. 

Neh. 9: 26 They were disobedient, and rebelled against 
thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy proph- 
ets which testified against them to turn them to thee, and they 
wrought great pi^ovocations. 
488 



SINNERS. 692 



Prone to forget God. 



Ps. 81: 11 My people would not hearken to my voice; and 
Israel would none of me. 

Pr. 1: 24 Because I have called and ye refused, I have 
stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; 2»5 But ye 
have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my re- 
proof. 

Is. 1: 2 I have nourished and brought up children, and they 
have rebelled against me. — 30; 8 Now go, write it before them 
in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to 
come for ever and ever : 9 That this is a rebellious people, 
lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord. 
— 65: 2 I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebel- 
lious people, which walketh in a way that was not good, after 
their own thoughts ; 3 A people that provoketh me to anger 
continually to my face. 

Jer. 5: 23 This people hath a revolting and a rebellious 
heart; they are revolted and gone. — 25: 4 The Lord hath 
sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising early and 
sending them ; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your 
ear to hear. 

Ezk. 2: 7 Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether 
they will hear, or whether they will forbear : for they are most 
rebellious. 8 But thou, son of man, hear what I say unto 
thee ; Be not thou rebellious like that rebellious house. 

692. Sinners prone to forget God. 

Dt. 32: 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, 
and hast forgotten God that formed thee. 

Jud. 3: 7 The children of Israel did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim, 
and the groves. 

1 S. 12: 9 When they forgat the Lord their God, he sold 
them into the hand of Sisera. 

Ps. 9: 17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the 
nations that forget God. — 50: 22 Consider this, ye that forget 
God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there he none to deliver. — 
106: 21 They forgat God their saviour, which had done great 
things in Egypt. 

Jer. 2: 32 Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her 
attire ? yet my people have forgotten me days without number. 
— 3: 21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and 
supplications of the children of Israel : for they have perverted 
their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God. 

Ezk. 22: 12 Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by 
extortion, and hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. [See 22.] 

489 



693—695 SINNERS. 



stupid and inattentive to God — d-epart from. (Jod — hate his government. 

693. Sinners stupid, and inattentive to God. 

Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts. — • 
50: 21 These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou 
thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself. — 94: 8 
Understand, ye brutish among the people : and ye fools, when 
will ye be wise ? 

Pr. 6: 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard ? when wilt 
thou arise out of thy sleep ? 

Is. 5: 12 The harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and 
wine are in their feasts : but they regard not the work of the 
Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands. 

Jer. 4: 22 My people is foolish, they have not known me ; 
they are sottish children, and they have none understanding : 
they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowl- 
edge. — 8: 7 The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed 
times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe 
the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judg- 
ment of the Lord. 

Hos. 7:11 Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heart. 

[See 132, 707, 739.] 

694. Sinners depart from God. 

Gen. 3: 8 They heard the voice of the Lord God walking 
in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife 
hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst 
the trees of the garden. 

Job. 11: 12 Vain man would be wise, though man be born 
like a wild ass's colt. 

Jer. 2: 5 Thus saith the Lord, What iniquity have your 
fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have 
walked after vanity, and are become vain ? 1 3 My people 
have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain 
of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, 
that can hold no water. 

Hos. 7: 13 Wo unto them ! for they have fled from me. 

695. Sinners hate the divine presence, government, ayid restraints. 

Job. 27: 22 He would fain flee out of his hand. 

Is. 30: 11 Cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from be- 
fore us. 

Lk. 19: 14 His citizens hated him, and sent a message after 
him, saying. We will not liave this man to reign over us. 27 
490 



SINNERS. 696, 697 



Self-righteous — will not come to Christ. 



Those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over 
them, bring hither, and slay them before me. 
[See 22, 23, 272, 705.] 

696. Sinners self-righteous^ proud, and opposed to grace. 

Ps. 10: 4 The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, 
will not seek after God, 

Mat. 20; 10 When the first came, they supposed that they 
should have received more ; and they likewise received every 
man a penny. 1 1 And when they had received it, they mur- 
mured against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, These 
last have wrought hit one hour, and thou hast made them equal 
unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 
13 But he answered one of them, and said. Friend, I do thee 
no wrong : didst thou not agree with me for a penny ? 14 Take 
that thine is, and go thy w^ay : I will give unto this last, even 
as unto thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will 
with mine own ? is thine eye evil because I am good ? 16 So 
the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, 
but few chosen. 

Lk. 15: 28 He was angry, and would not go in; therefore 
came his father out, and entreated him. 29 And he answer- 
ing, said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, 
neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment ; and yet 
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my 
friends : 30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath 
devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the 
fatted calf. 

Rom. 10: 3 They, being ignorant of God's righteousness, 
and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not 
submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. 

1 Cor. 1: 18 The preaching of the cross is to them that per- 
ish, foolishness. 23 We preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews 
a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. 

[See 373, 510, 549, 550.] 

697. Sinners rather jyerish, than come to Christ. 

Pr. 8: 36 He that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: 
all they that hate me love death. 

Jn. 5: 40 Ye will not come to me that ye might have life. 

Ac. 13: 46 Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said. It was 
necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken 
to you : but seeing ye put it from you, and judge yourselves 
unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 

rSee 373.] 

491 



698, 699 SINNERS. 



Inclined to sensuality and idolatry. 



698. Sinners inclined to sensual pleasures and lusts. 

Lev. 18: 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : 
for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before 
you : 25 And the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the in- 
iquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her in- 
habitants. 

Gal. o: 19 The works of the flesh are manifest, which are 
these, Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, 20 
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, 
seditions, heresies, 21 Envyings, murders, drunkenness, rev- 
ellings, and such like : of the which I tell you before, as I have 
also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

Ep. 2: 3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in 
times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the 
flesh and of the mind ; and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 

2 Tim. 3: 4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, lovers of pleas- 
ures more than lovers of God. 

Tit. 3: 3 We ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobe- 
dient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in 
malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 

Jam. 5: 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been 
wanton ; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter. 

1 Pet. 4: 3 The time past of our life may suffice us to have 
wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciv- 
iousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and 
abominable idolatries : 4 Wherein they think it strange that 
ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil 
of you, [See 675.] 

699. Sinners naturally inclined to idolatry. 

Ex. 32: 1 When the people saw that Moses delayed to come 
down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves to- 
gether unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods which 
shall go before us : for as for this Moses, the man that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become 
of him. 

Dt. 31: 16 The Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt 
sleep with thy fathers, and this people will rise up, and go a 
whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither 
they go to he among them, and will forsake me, and break my 
covenant which I have made with them. 20 When I shall 
have brought them into the land which I sware unto their 
492 



SINNERS. 700, 701 



Prone to Murmurs and Crueltv'. 



fathers, that floweth with milk and honey ; and they shall have 
eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat ; then will they turn 
unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break 
my covenant. 

Jer. 44: 17 We will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth 
forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen 
of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we 
have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in 
the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then 
had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil. 

[See 362.] 

700. Sinners inclined to murmur. 

Ex. 16: 2 The whole congregation of the children of Israel 
murmured against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness : 3 
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we 
had died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when 
we sat by the flesh-pots, and when we did eat bread to the 
full : for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill 
this whole assembly with hunger. 8 Moses said, l^his shall he 
when the Lord shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and 
in the morning bread to the full : for that the Lord heareth 
your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what 
are we ? your murmurings are not against us, but against the 
Lord. 

Num. 17: 10 The Lord said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod 
again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the 
rebels ; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from 
me, that they die not. 

Mat. 20: 11 When they had received zV, they murmured 
against the good man of the house, 12 Saying, These last 
have wrought hut one hour, and thou hast made them equal 
unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the 
day. 

Jude 16 These are murmurers, complainers, walking after 
their own lusts. [See 9, 171, 272.] 

701. Sinners ungrateful and cruel. 

Gen. 40: 23 Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, 
but forgat him. — 49: 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instru- 
ments of cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come 
not thou into their secret: unto their assembly, mine honor, be 
not thou united ! for in their anger they slew a man, and in 
their self-will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed he their 

42 493 



701 SINNERS. 



anger, for it was fierce : and their wrath, for it was cruel : I 
will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

Dt. 32: 6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people 
and unwise ? is not he thy father that hath bought thee ? 
hath he not made thee, and established thee ? 15 But Jeshu- 
run waxed fat, and kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered ivith fatness ; then he forsook 
God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his 
salvation. 

2 Ch. 24: 22 Thus Joash the king remembered not the kind- 
ness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but slew his 
son. And when he died, he said. The Lord look upon it, and 
require it. 

Ps. 35: 11 False mtnesses did rise up; they laid to my 
charge things that I knew not. 12 They rewarded me evil 
for good, to the spoiling of my soul. 13 But as for me, when 
they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth : I humbled my soul 
with fasting ; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom. 
14 I behaved myself as though he had been my friend or 
brother : I bowed down heavily, as one that mourneth for his 
mother. 15 But in mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered 
themselves together : yea, the abjects gathered themselves to- 
gether against me, and I knew it not ; they did tear me, and 
ceased not: 16 With hypocritical mockers in feasts, they 
gnashed upon me with their teeth. — 41: 9 Yea, mine own fam- 
iliar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath 
lifted up his heel against me. — 74: 20 Have respect unto the 
covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habi- 
tations of cruelty. 

Pr. 1: 11 If they say. Come with us, let us lay wait for 
blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause : 12 
Let us swallow them up alive as the grave ; and whole, as 
those that go down into the pit : 13 We shall find all pre- 
cious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast 
in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse : 15 My son, 
walk not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy foot from 
their path : 1 6 For their feet run to evil, and make haste to 
shed blood. 

Ec. 9: 15 There was found in it a poor wise man, and he by 
his wisdom delivered the city : yet no man remembered that 
same poor man. 

Is. 1: 2 Hear, heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the 
Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, 
and they have rebelled against me. 
494 



SINNERS. 702 



Deceitful, and fond of Ensnaring. 



Rom. 3: 15 Their feet are swift to shed blood. 16 Destruc- 
tion and misery ore in their ways. 

[See 68, 205, 467, 488, 511, 523, 689, 690, 734.] 

702. Sinners deceitful^ and inclined to flatter^ and lay snares. 

2 S. 15: 5 When any man came nigh to fdm, to do him obei- 
sance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him. 6 
And on this manner did Absalom to all Israel that came to the 
king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of 
Israel. 

2 Ch. 24: 17 After the death of Jehoiada came the princes 
of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king 
hearkened unto them. ] 8 And they left the house of the Lord 
God of their fathers, and served groves and idols. 

Ps. 5: 9 There is no faithfulness in their mouth ; their in- 
ward part IS very wickedness ; their throat is an open sepul- 
chre; they flatter with their tongue. — 10:7 His mouth is 
full of cursing, and deceit, and fraud. — 12: 2 They speak 
vanity every one with his neighbor : with flattering lips and 
with a double heart do they speak. — 28: 3 Draw me not 
away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which 
speak peace to their neighbors, but mischief is in their hearts. 
— 38: 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: 
and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and 
imagine deceits all the day long. — 52: 2 Thy tongue deviseth 
mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. — 64: 5 They 
encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of 
laying snares privily ; they say, Who shall see them ? 6 They 
search out iniquities ; they accomplish a diligent search : both 
the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is 
deep. — 140: 5 The proud have hid a snare for me, and cords; 
they have spread a net by the way side : they have set gins 
for me. — 141:9 Keep me from the &nsire which they have 
laid for me, and the gins of the workers of iniquity. 10 
Let the wicked fall into their own nets, whilst that I withal 
escape. 

Pr. 7: 21 With the flattering of her lips she forced him. — 
11: 18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work. — 12: 5 The 
counsels of the wicked are deceit. — 20: 14 It is naught, it is 
naught, saith the buyer : but when he is gone his way, then he 
boasteth. 

Is. 29: 20 The scorn er is consumed, and all that watch for 
iniquity are cut off: 21 That make a man an offender for a 
word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and 
turn aside the just for a thing of nought. — 66: 5 Hear the 

495 



702 SINNERS. 



Deceitful, and fond of Ensnaring. 



word of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word : Your breth- 
ren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, 
Let the Lord be glorified : but he shall appear to your joy, 
and they shall be ashamed. 

Jer. 3: 10 Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned 
unto me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the Lord. 
— 8:5 They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. — 9: 2 
Oh that 1 had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring 
men ; that I might leave my people, and go from them ! for 
they he all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. 3 
And they bend their tongues, like their how ^ for lies ; but they 
are not valiant for the truth upon the earth : for they proceed 
from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. 4 
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in 
any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every 
neighbor will walk with slanders. 5 And they will deceive 
every one liis neighbor, and will not speak the truth : they 
have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves 
to commit iniquity. 6 Thine habitation is in the midst of 
deceit : through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the 
Lord. 8 Their tongue is >as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh 
deceit : one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, 
but in heart he layeth his wait. — 17: 9 The heart is de- 
ceitful above all things^ and desperately wicked : who can 
know it? 

Ezk. 33: 30 Also, thou son of man, the children of thy peo- 
ple still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors 
of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, 
saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that com- 
eth forth from the Lord. 31 And they come unto thee as 
the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and 
they hear tliy words, but they will not do them : for with their 
mouth they show much love, hut their heart goeth after their 
covetousness. 

Dan. 11: 21 In his estate shall stand up a vile person, to 
whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom : but he 
shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he cor- 
rupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall 
be strong, and do exploits, 

Hos. 11: 12 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and 
the house of Israel with deceit. 

Mic. 3: 10 They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem 
with iniquity. 1 1 The heads thereof judge for reward, and 
the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof 
496 



SINNERS. 703 



Prone to Ostentation and Boasting. 



divine for money : yet will they lean upon the Lord, and say, 
Is not the Lord among us ? none evil can come upon us. 

Mat. 26: 48 He that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he ; hold him fast. 49 
And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, Master ; and 
kissed him. 

Rom. 1: 29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, 
wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, murder, 
debate, deceit, malignity, whisperers, 30 Backbiters. — 16: 18 
By good words and fair speeches, deceive the hearts of the 
simple. 

2 Th. 2: 9 Uven him, whose coming is after the w^orking of 
Satan, with all power, and signs, and lying wonders, 10 And 
with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish: 
because they received not the love of the truth, that they might 
be saved. 

Heb. 3: 13 Exhort one another daily, while it is called To- 
day ; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of 
sin. 

Rev. 18: 23 By thy sorceries were all nations deceived. 

[See 191, 194, 198, 411, 416, 474, 728.] 

703. Sinners inclined to ostentation, boasting^ and glorying in their sJiaine. 

2 K. 10: 16 Come with me, and see my zeal for the Lord. 

Ps. 39: 6 Surely every man walketh in a vain shew : surely 
they are disquieted in vain. 

Pr. 3: 35 Shame shall be the promotion of fools. — 20: 6 
Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness : but a 
faithful man who can find ? 

Hab. 2: 1 6 Thou art filled with shame for glory. 

Mat. 6: 5 When thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypo- 
crites are : for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, 
and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of 
men. 16 When ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may 
appear unto men to fast. — 23: 5 All their works they do 
for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylacteries, 
and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love the 
uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of 
men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 

Lk. 16: 15 He said unto them. Ye are they which justify 
yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for 
that which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in 
the sight of God. — 18: 9 He spake this parable unto certain, 

42* 497 



704 SINNERS. 



Inclined to Self-deception — Warnings. 



which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 
despised others : 1 Two men went up into the temple to 
pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 1 1 The 
Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank 
thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adul- 
terers, or even as this publican. 12 1 fast twice in the week, 
I give tithes of all that I possess. 

2 Cor. 10: 12 We dare not make ourselves of the number, 
or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves. 

Ph. 3: 19 Whose end is destruction, whose God is their 
belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly 
things. [See 482, 549, 550.] 

704. Sinners inclined to self-deception — warnings. 

Dt. 11: 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not 
deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship 
them. 

Pr. 16: 25 There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, 
but the end thereof are the ways of death. 

Is. 44: 20 He feedeth on ashes ; a deceived heart hath 
turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say. Is 
there not a lie in my right hand ? 

Mat. 7: 22 Many will say to me in that day. Lord, Lord, 
have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? 
23 And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: 
depart from me, ye that work iniquity. — 24: 4 Jesus answered, 
and said unto them. Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 
For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and 
shall deceive many. 

Lk. 21: 8 He said. Take heed that ye be not deceived: for 
many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and the 
time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. 

1 Cor. 3: 18 Let no man deceive himself. 

Gal. 6: 3 If a man think himself to be something, when he 
is nothing, he deceiveth himself. 7 Be not deceived ; God is 
not mocked ; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also 
reap. 

Ep. 5: 6 Let no man deceive you with vain words. 

2 Th. 2: 3 Let no man deceive you by any means. 1 1 For 
this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should 
believe a lie : 1 2 That they all might be damned who believed 
not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 

[See25, 397, 476, 510.] 
498 



SINNERS. 705 — 707 



Prone to deny Obligation and palliate Sin — Voluntary Ignorance and Blindness. 

705. Sinners inclined to deny or resist obligation to God. 

Ps. 2: 2 The kings of the earth set themselves, and the 
rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his 
Anointed, saying^ 3 Let us break their bands asunder, and 
cast away their cords from us. — 1 2: 4 Who have said. With 
our tongue will we prevail; our lips are our own ; who is lord 
over us ? 

Mat. 25: 24 He which had received the one talent came, and 
said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping 
where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not 
strewed : 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent 
in the earth ; lo, there thou hast that is thine. [See 22, 695.] 

706. Sinners prone to deny or palliate their sins. 

Gen. 3: 12 The man said. The woman whom thou gavest 
to he with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 13 And 
the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me 
and I did eat. 

1 S. 15: 13 Samuel came to Saul: and Saul said unto him, 
Blessed he thou of the Lord : I have performed the command- 
ment of the Lord. 14 And Samuel said, what meaneth then 
this bleating of the sheep in mine ears, and the lowing of the 
oxen which I hear? 15 And Saul said, They have brought 
them from the Amalekites : for the people spared the best of 
the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God; 
and the rest we have utterly destroyed. 

Pr. 14: 9 Fools make a mock at sin. 

Jer. 7: 9 Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and 
swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and w^alk after 
other gods, whom ye know not ; 10 And come and stand 
before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, 
We are delivered to do all these abominations ? 

Mat. 25: 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying. Lord, 
when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee ? 

[See 272, 373.] 

707. Voluntary ignorance, blindness, and infatuation of sinners. 

Job 5: 14 They meet with darkness in the day-time, and 
grope in the noon-day as in the night. — 12: 25 They grope in 
the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a 
drunken man, 

Ps. 50: 17 Thou hatest instruction, and cavStest my words 

499 



707 SINNERS. 



Their voluntary ignorance and blindness. 



behind thee. — 21: Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such 
an one as thyself. — 58: 4 They are like the deaf adder that 
stoppeth her ear ; 5 Which will not hearken to the voice of 
charmers, charming never so wisely. — 82:5 They know not, 
neither will they understand : they walk on in darkness : all the 
foundations of the earth are out of course. 

Pr. 1: 22 How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity ? 
and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate know- 
ledge ? 29 For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose 
the fear of the Lord : oO They would none of my counsel : 
they despised all my reproof — 4: 19 The way of the wicked 
is as darkness : they know not at what they stumble. 

Jer. 17: 23 They obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but 
made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive in- 
struction. — 32: 33 They have turned unto me the back, and 
not the face : though I taught them, rising up early and teach- 
ing them^ yet they have not hearkened to receive instruction. 

Dan. 12: 10 Many shall be purified, and made white, and 
tried ; but the wicked shall do wickedly ; and none of the 
wicked shall understand ; but the wise shall understand. 

Zee. 7: 11 They refused to hearken, and pulled away the 
shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear. 
12 Yea, they made their hearts as an adamant stone, lest they 
should hear the law, and the words which the Lord of hosts 
hath sent in his Spirit by the former prophets : therefore came 
a great wrath from the Lord of hosts. 

Jn. 3: 19 This is the condemnation, that light is come into 
the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because 
their deeds were evil. 20 For every one that doeth evil hateth 
the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be 
reproved. — 17: 25 O righteous Father, the world hath not 
known thee. 

Ac. 26: 17 Delivering thee from the people, and from the 
Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee, 18 To open their eyes, 
and to turn them from darkness to light, sm^from the power of 
Satan unto God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and 
inheritance among them which are sanctified by faith that is in 
me. 

Rom. 1: 21 When they knew God, they glorified him not as 
God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imagina- 
tions, and their foolish heart was darkened. 28 And even as 
they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave 
them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are 
not convenient. 

1 Cor. 2: 14 The natural man receiveth not the things of the 
500 



SINNERS. 708 



Inclined to unbelief. 



Spirit of God : for they are foolishness unto him : neither can 
he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. 

Ep. 4: 18 Having the understanding darkened, being alien- 
ated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, 
because of the blindness of their heart. 

1 Jn. 4: 8 He that loveth not, knoweth not God ; for God is 
love. [See 26, 693.] 

708. Sinners inclined to theoretical and praetical unbelief — Threats, 

Num. 14: 11 The Lord said unto Moses, How long will this 
people provoke me ? and how long will it be ere they believe 
me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them ? 

Ps. 10: 11 He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: 
he hideth his face; he will never see it, 13 Wherefore doth 
the wicked contemn God ? he hath said in his heart, thou wilt 
not require it, — 73: 9 They set their mouth against the heavens, 
and their tongue walketh through the earth. 10 Therefore 
his people return hither : and waters of a full cup are wrung 
out to them. 11 And they say. How doth God know? and is 
there knowledge in the Most High? — 94:5 They break in 
pieces thy people, O Lord, and afflict thy heritage. 6 They 
slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. 7 
Yet they say. The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God 
of Jacob regard it, 

Ezk. 8: 12 Then said he unto me. Son of man, hast thou 
seen what the ancients of the house of Israel do in the dark, 
every man in the chambers of his imagery ? for they say, The 
Lord seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken the earth. 

Zep. 1: 12 I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish 
the men that are settled on their lees : that say in their heart. 
The Lord will not do good, neither will he do evil. 

Mk. 6: 6 He marvelled because of their unbelief. — 16: 16 
He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved ; but he that 
believeth not, shall be damned. 

Jn. 3: 18 He that believeth not, is condemned already. 36 
He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life ; but the wrath 
of God abideth on him. — 5: 44 How can ye believe, which 
receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometk 
from God only ? — 8: 43 Why do ye not understand my speech? 
even because ye cannot hear my word. — 1 6: 8 When he is 
come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, 
and of judgment : 9 Of sin, because they believe not on me. 

Rom. 11: 20 Because of unbelief they were broken off, and 
thou standest by faith. 

501 



709, 710 SINNERS. 



Their idleness — tlieir presumption. 



Heb. 3: 12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you 
an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 
[See 22, 568.] 

709. Idleness of sinners. 

Ezk. 16: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, 
pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her 
and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of 
the poor and needy. 

Mat. 20: 6 About the eleventh hour he went out, and found 
others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here 
all the day idle ? 25: 18 He that had received one, went and 
digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 26 His lord 
answered and said unto him. Thou wicked and slothful servant, 
thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather 
where I have not strewed : 27 Thou oughtest therefore to 
have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming 
I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take there- 
fore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten 
talents. 29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and 
he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not, shall be 
taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the 
unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 

Lk. 13: 6 He spake also this parable : A certain man had a 
fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought fruit 
thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of 
his vineyard. Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on 
this fig-tree, and find none : cut it down, why cumbereth it the 
ground? [See 358.] 

710. Presumption and procrastination of sinners. — death put far aioay. 

Ps. 49: 11 Their inward thought i5, that their houses shall 
continue for ever, and their dwelling places to all generations ; 
they call their lands after their own names. 

Pr. 24: 33 Tet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding 
of the hands to sleep. 

Is. 28: 15 Because ye have said. We have made a covenant 
with death, and with hell are we at agreement ; when the over- 
flowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: 
for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have 
we hid ourselves. — 56: 1 2 Come ye, say they., I will fetch wine, 
and we will fill ourselves with strong drink ; and to-morrow 
shall be as this day, and much more abundant. 
502 



SOBRIETY STEADFASTNESS. 711, 712 

Sobriety required — Steadfastce^s required. 

Am. 6: 3 Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the 
rfeat of violence to come near. 

Lk. 12: 19 I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods 
laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be 
merry. 

Ac. 24: 25 As he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, 
and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered. Go thy 
way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call 
for thee. [See 22, 479, 726-7.] 

N. B. — For other characteristics of sinners, especially for 
their vices, see " Threats of Evil,'' in the Index. 



SOBRIETY AND GRAVITY. 

711. Sobriety and gravity required. 

Tit. 2: 11 The grace of God that bringeth salvation hath 
appeared to all men, 12 Teaching us, that denying ungodli- 
ness, and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world ; 13 Looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ. 

1 Pet. 1: 13 Gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and 
hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at 
the revelation of Jesus Christ: 14 As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your 
ignorance: 15 But as he which hath called you is holy, so be 
ye holy in all manner of conversation : — ^4: 7 The end of all 
things is at hand : be ye therefore sober, and watch unto 
prayer. — 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour. [See 479.] 

STEADFASTNESS. 

712. Steadfastness and firmness required. 

1 Cor. 15: 58 My beloved brethren, be ye steadfast, unmov- 
able, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as 
ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. — 16: 13 
"Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong. 

Ph. 1: 27 Only let your conversation be as it becometh the 
gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be 
absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one 
spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gos- 
pel : 28 And in nothing teiTified bv your adversaries. — 4: 1 

503 



713, 714 STEALING. 



Stealing forbidden — Punishment of. 



Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy 
and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved. 

Col. 1: 23 If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and 
he not moved away from the hope of the gospel. — 2: 5 Though 
I be absent in the flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, joying 
and beholding your order, and the steadfastness of your faith 
in Christ. 6 As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the 
Lord, so walk ye in him : 7 Rooted and built up in him, and 
established in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding 
therein with thanksgiving. 

2 Tim. 1: 13 Hold fast the form of sound words, which thou 
hast heai'd of me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 10: 23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith with- 
out wavering ; for he is faithful that promised. 

1 Pet. 5: 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; because your adversary 
the devil, as a roaring lion walketh about, seeking whom he 
may devour : 9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith. 

2 Pet. 3: 17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know thesh 
things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the 
error of the wicked, fall from your own steadfastness. 

[See 187, 364.] 

STEALING. 

713. Stealing forbidden . 

Ex. 20: 15 Thou shalt not steal. 

Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
lie one to another. 

Ep. 4: 28 Let him that stole, steal no more : but rather let 
him labor, working with his hands the thing which is good, 
that he may have to give to him that needeth. 

1 Pet. 4: 15 Let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as 
a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as a busybodj in other men's 
matters. 

714. Punishment of stealing — Threats. 

Ex. 21: 16 He that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he 
be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

Jos. 7: 11 Israel hath sinned, and they have also trans- 
gressed my covenant which I commanded them : for they have 
even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and 
dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own 
stuff. 12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand be- 
fore their enemies, hit turned their backs before their enemies, 
because thev were accursed : neither will I be witli you any 
504 



STRANGERS. 715 



Duty to Strangers. 



I 



more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 15 It 
shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be 
burnt with fire, he and all that he hath : because he hath trans- 
gressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought 
folly in Israel. 

Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also 
shall be taken away. 

1 Cor. 6: 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor 
revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. 



STRANGERS. 
715. Justice^ kindness and hospitality to strangers required. 

Ex. 22: 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress 
nim : for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. — 23; 9 
Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger : for ye know the 
heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of 
Egypt. 

Lev. 19: 10 Thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither 
shalt thou gatlier every grape of thy vineyard ; thou shalt 
leave them for the poor and stranger : I am the Lord your 
God. 33 And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, 
ye shall not vex him. 34 Bat the stranger that dwelleth with 
you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt 
love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: 
I am the Lord your God. 

Dt. 1: 16 I charged your judges at that time, saying. Hear 
the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously be- 
tween every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with 
him, — 10: 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless 
and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and 
raiment. 19 Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were 
strangers in the land of Egypt. 

Job 31: 32 The stranger did not lodge in the street : hut I 
opened my doors to the traveller. 

Mat. "lb: 35 I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat : I 
was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye 
took me in. 

Heb. 13: 2 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers : for there- 
by some have entertained angels unawares. [See 354.] 
43 505 



716 718 SUING SURETY SWEARING. 

Suing at the Law — Suretyship — Profane Swearing forbidden. 

SUING AT ^HE LAW. 

716. Suing J especially before the unbelieving and unjust^ discountenanced. 

Mat. 5: 40 If any man will sue thee at the law, and take 
a.way thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 

1 Cor. 6: 1 Dare any of you, having a matter against an- 
other, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints ? 
6 But brother goeth to law with brother, and tliat before the 
unbelievers. 7 Now therefore there is utterly a fault among 
you, because ye go to law one with another. Why do ye not 
rather take wrong ? why do ye not rather suffer yourselves to 
be defrauded ? [Pr. 19: 11.] 



SURETY. 
717. Suretyship discountenanced — caution^'. 

Pr. 6: 1 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, ^y thou hast 
stricken thy hand with a stranger, 2 Thou art snared with the 
words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. 
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come 
into the hand of thy friend ; go, humble thyself, and make sure 
thy friend. 4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine 
eyelids. 5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hun- 
ter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. — 11: 15 He 
that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it : and he that 
hateth suretyship is sure. — 22: 26 Be not thou one of them 
that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts. 27 
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed 
from under thee ? [Pr. 17: 18, and 20: 16.] 



SWEARING. 
718. Profane swearing forbidden and punished — Threats. 

Ex. 20: 7 Thoushalt not take the name of the Lord thy God 
in vain : for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh 
his name in vain. 

Lev. 19: 12 Ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither 
shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the Lord. — 
24: 10 The son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an 
Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel ; and this son 
of the Israelitish looman and a man of Israel strove together in 
the camp ; 1 1 And the Israelitish woman^s son blasphemed the 
506 



SWEARING. 719 



Rash Swearing exemplified. 



name of the L ORD^ and cursed ; and they brought him unto 
Moses : (and his mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter 
of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan :) 12 And they put him in ward, 
that the mind of the Lord might be shewed them. 13 And 
the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 14 Bring forth him that 
hath cursed without the camp, and let all that heard him lay 
their hands upon his head, and let all the congregation stone 
him. 15 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, Whosoever curseth his God shall bear his sin. 16 
And he that blasphemeth the name of the Lord, he shall 
surely be put to death, and all the congregation shall certainly 
stone him : as well the stranger, as he that is born in the land, 
when he blasphemeth the name of the L ORD^ shall be put to 
death. 

Jer. 23: 10 Because of swearing the land moumeth; the 
pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up. 

Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying and killing, and stealing 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore, shall the land mourn. 

Zee. 5: 3 Then said he unto me. This is the curse that goeth 
forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that 
stealeth shall be cut off as on this side, according to it ; and 
every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side, accord- 
ing to it. 

Mat. 5: 34 I say unto you. Swear not at all : neither by 
heaven; for it is God's throne: 35 Nor by the earth; for it is 
his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the 
great King : 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because 
thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your 
communication be. Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever is 
more than these cometh of evil. 

Jam. 5: 12 Above all things, my brethren, swear not neither 
by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath : 
but let your yea, be yea; andyowr nay, nay; lest ye fall into 
condemnation. 

719. Examples of rash swearing. 

Jud. 11: 30 Jephthah vowed a vow unto the Lord, and 
said. If thou shalt without fail deliver the children of Ammon 
into mine hands, 31 Then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh 
forth of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in 
peace from the children of Ammon, shalt surely be the Lord's, 
and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering. 

Mat. 14: 6 When Herod's birth-day was kept, the daughter 
of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 

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720, 721 TEMPERANCE. 



Oatlxs to confirm — Temperance a Christian Duty. 



Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever 
she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her 
mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. 
9 And the king was sorry : nevertheless for the oath's sake, 
and them that sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be 
given her, 

Ac. 23: 12 When it was day, certain of the Jews banded 
together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying, that 
they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul. 

720. Oaths of conjirmation — examples, 

Dt. 10: 20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt 
thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his 
name. 

Neh. 5: 12 Then said they, We will restore them, and will 
require nothing of them ; so will we do as thou sayest. Then 
I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should 
do according to this promise. 

Ps. 15: 1 LoKD, who shall abide in thy tabernacle ? who 
shall dwell in thy holy hill ? 4: He that sweareth to his own 
hui't, and changeth not. 

Ec. 8: 2 I counsel thee to keep the king's commandment, 
and that in regard to the oath of God. 

Mat. 2^'. G3 The high priest answered and said unto him, I 
adjure thee by the hving God, that thou tell us whether thou 
be the Christ the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him. Thou 
hast said. 

2 Cor. 1: 23 I call God for a record upon my soul, that to 
spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 

Heb. 6: i 6 Men verily swear by the greater : and an oath 
for confirmation is to them an end of ail strife. 17 Wherein 
God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise 
the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath. 



TEMPERANCE. 
721. Temperance required — its importance. 

1 Cor. 9: 25 Every man that striveth for the mastery is 
temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corrupti- 
ible crown ; but we an incorruptible.* 

Gal. 5: 22 The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long- 
suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, 23 Meekness, temperance : 
against such there is no law. 24 And they that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. 
508 



I 



TEMPTATION. 722 725 



Temptation common — Not of God — To be resisted — Promises of aid. 



Tit. 1 : 8 A lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, 
just, holy, temperate. 

2 Pet. 1: 5 Giving all diligence, add to your faith, virtue; 
and to virtue, knowledge ; 6 And to knowledge, temperance ; 
and to temperance, patience ; and to patience, godliness. 

[See 199, 368.] 



TEMPTATION. 

722. Temptation^ in the sense of trials common to man. 

Gen. 22: 1 It came to pass after these things, that God did 
tempt Abraham, and said unto him, Abraham : and he said, 
Behold, here I am. 2 And he said, Take now thy son, thine 
only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of 
Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt-offering upon one of 
the mountains which I will tell thee of. 

Gal. 4: 14 My temptation which was in my flesh ye despised 
not, nor rejected ; but received me as an angel of God, even as 
Christ Jesus. 

Heb. 4: 15 We have not a high priest which cannot be 
touched wdth the feeling of our infirmities : but was in all 
points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. 

Jam. 1: 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into 
divers temptations; 3 Knowing this, that the trying of your 
faith worketh patience. 

723. Temptation^ or solicitation to sin, not of God. 

Jam. 1: 13 Let no man say when he is tempted, I am 
tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither 
tempteth he any man: 14 But every man is tempted, when he 
is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. [See 269.] 

724. Duty to pray and watch against tempters and temptations. 

Pr. 1: 10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. 
[11-16.] 

Mat. 6: 13 Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from 
evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, 
for ever. — 26: 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into 
temptation : the spirit indeed is willing but the flesh is weak. 

[See 18, 738 .] 

725 Believe7's shall be helped out of all their temptations — promises. 

Ps. 71- 20 Thou, w^hich hast shewed me great and sore 
troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again 
fi'om the depths of the earth. — 138: 7 Though I walk in the 
43* :^0) 



726, 727 TIME. 



Shorfc — Should be improved without Procrastination. 



midst of trouble, thou wilt revive me : thou shalt stretch forth 
thine hand against the wrath of mine enemies, and thy right 
hand shall save me. 

1 Cor. 10: 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such 
as is common to man : But God is faithful, who will not suffer 
you to be tempted above that ye are able ; but will with the 
temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to 
bear it, 

Heb. 2: 18 In that he himself hath suffered, being tempted, 
he is able to succor them that are tempted. 

2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how to deliver the godly 
out of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished. 

Rev. 3: 10 Because thou hast kept the word of my patience 
I also will keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall 
come upon all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. 

[See 3—6.] 

TIME. 

726. Time short. 

Ps. 89: 47 Remember how short my time is : wherefore hast 
thou made all men in vain ? 

1 Cor. 7: 29 This I say, brethren. The time is short. It 
remaineth, that both they that have wives, be as though they 
had none ; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not ; 
and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they 
that buy, as though they possessed not ; 3 1 And they that use 
this world, as not abusing ii. For tlie fashion of this world 
passeth away. [See 1 48.] 

727. Time should be improved ; or procrastination forhidden. 

Job 22: 21 Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: 
thereby good shall come unto thee. 

Ps. 95: 7 He is our God ; and we ore the people of his 
pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day if ye will hear his 
voice, 8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as 
in the day of temptation in the wilderness : 9 When your 
fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work. 

Pr. 27: 1 Boast not thyself of to-morrow : for thou knowest 
not what a day may bring forth. 

Ec. 9: 10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with 
thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor 
wisdom; in the grave, whither thou goest. , 

2 Cor. G: 2 (For he saith, I have heard thee in a time ac- 

510 



TONGUE. 728 



Sins of the Tonjri 



cepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee : be- 
hold, now IS the accepted time ; behold, now is the day of 
salvation.) 

Heb. 2: 1 We ought to give the more earnest heed to the 
things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let 
them slip. [See 156, 553-6, 710.] 



TONGUE. 

728. The tongue often very injurious and mischievous. 

Ps. 52: 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; like a sharp razor, 
working deceitfully. 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O 
thou deceitful tongue. — 55: 21 The ivords of his mouth were 
smoother than butter, but war was in his heart : his words 
were softer than oil, yet were they drawn swords. — 57: 4 My 
soul is among lions : and I lie even amorig them that are set on 
fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, 
and their tongue a sharp sword. 

Pr. 11: 9 A hypocrite with his mouth destroy eth his neigh- 
bor: but through knowledge shall the just be delivered. — 
12: 18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: 
but the tongue of the wise is health. — 15: 4 A wholesome 
tongue is a tree of life : but perverseness therein is a breach 
in the spirit. — 16: 27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and 
in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A fro ward man soweth 
strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. — 17: 9 He 
that covereth a transgression seeketh love ; but he that re- 
peateth a matter, separateth t'ery friends. — 18: 7 A fool's mouth 
is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul. 8 The 
words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into 
the innermost parts of the belly. 21 Death and life are in the 
power of the tongue : and they that love it shall eat the fruit 
thereof. — 2b: 18 A man that beareth false witness against his 
neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. — 26: 20 
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out : so where there is 
no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth. 

Jer. 9: 8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out ; it speaketh 
deceit : one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, 
but in heart he layeth his wait. 

Jam. 3: 5 The tongue is a little member, and boasteth great 
things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth ! 6 
And^the tongue is a fire, a v/orld of iniquity : so is the tongue 
among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth 
on fire the course of nature ; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 

511 



729 TONGUE. 



Sins of the ToDgue. 



For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and 
of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed, of mankind : 
8 But the tongue can no man tame ; it is an unruly evil, full 
of deadly poison. [Pr. 11: 11.] [See 198, 416, 702.] 

729. Censor iousness, railing, tale-hearing, lohispering^ haclchiting^ slander^ 
and other sins of the tongue forbidden — Threats. 

Lev. 19: 16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a tale-bearer 
among thy people ; neither shalt thou stand against the blood 
of thy neighbor ; I am the Lord. 

Ps. 101: 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will 
I cut off*: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will 
not I suffer. 

Pr. 4: 24 Put away from thee a fro ward mouth, and perverse 
lips put far from thee. — 10: 8 The wise in heart will receive 
commandments : but a prating fool shall fall. — 24: 28 Be not 
a witness against thy neighbor without cause ; and deceive not 
with thy lips. 

Rom. 14: 10 Why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost 
thou set at nought thy brother ? for we shall all stand before 
the judgment-seat of Christ. 

1 Cor. 5: 11 Now I have written unto you not to keep 
company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or 
covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extor- 
tioner : with such a one no not to eat. 

Ep. 4: 29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your 
mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it 
may minister grace unto the hearers. 31 Let all bitterness, 
and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put 
away from you, with all malice. — 5: 3 Fornication, and all 
uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among 
you, as becometh saints ; 4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish 
talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient : but rather giv- 
ing of thanks. 

Col. 3: 8 Now ye also put off" all these ; anger, wrath, mal- 
ice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth. 

2 Tim. 2:16 Shun profane and vain babblings : for they will 
increase unto more ungodliness. 

Tit. 3: 1 Put them in mind to be subject to principalities 
and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good 
work, 2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gen- 
tle, shewing all meekness unto all men. 

Jam. 4: 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. 

1 Pet. 2: 1 Wherefore, laying aside all malice, and all guile, 
and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil-speakings, 2 As new- 
512 



TONGUE. 730, 731 



Railing at Dignities — Bridling the Tongue. 



bom babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may 
grow thereby. — 3: 9 Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for 
railing : but contrariwise, blessing ; knowing that ye are there- 
unto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. 

Jude 9 Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with 
the devil, he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring 
against him a railing accusation, but said. The Lord rebuke 
thee. [See 200, 417.] 

730. Railing at dignities, and reviling siiperiors forbidden. 

Ex. 22: 28 Thou shalt not revile the gods, nor curse the 
ruler of thy people. 

Ac. 23: 4 They that stood by, said, Revilest thou God's 
high priest ? 5 Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he 
was the high priest : for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil 
of the ruler of thy people. 

2 Pet. 2: 9 The Lord knoweth how^ to deliver the godly out 
of temptations, and to reserve the unjust unto the day of judg- 
ment to be punished: 10 But chiefly them that walk after the 
flesh in the lust of uncleanness, and despise government. Pre- 
sumptuous are they^ self-willed ; they are not afraid to speak 
evil of dignities. 1 1 Whereas angels, which are greater in 
power and might, bring not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 

Jude 8 Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, 
despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. [See 10.] 

731. Bridling the tongue enjoined and exeniplijied. 

Ps. 34: 13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from 
speaking guile. — 39: 1 I said, I will take heed to my ways, 
that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a 
bridle, while the wicked is before me. 

Pr. 10: 19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: 
but he that refraineth his lips is wise. — 13: 3 He that keepeth 
his mouth keepeth his life : hid he that openeth wide his lips 
shall have destruction. — 21: 23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and 
his tongue, keepeth his soul from troubles. 

Ec. 10: 20 Curse not the king, no, not in thy thought ; and 
curse not the rich in thy bed-chamber : for a bird of the air 
shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the 
matter. 

Mic. 7: 5 Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in 
a guide : keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in 
thy bosom. 

Jam. 1: 26 K any man among you seem to be religious, and 

513 



132, 733 UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 



Forbidden — Tendency of. 



bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's 
religion is vain. 

1 Pet. 3: 10 He that will love life, and see good days, let 
him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak 
no guile. 

UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 

732. Unrighteousness and dishonesty forbidden. 

Lev. 19: 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither 
lie one to another. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, 
neither rob him : the wages of him that is hired shall not abide 
with thee all night until the morning. 35 Ye shall do no un- 
righteousness in judgment, in mete-yard, in weight, or in 
measure. — 25: 14 If thou sell aught unto thy neighbor, or 
buyest aught of thy neighbor's hand, ye shall not oppress one 
another. 

Dt. 19: 14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's land-mark, 
which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which 
thou shalt inherit in the land that the Lord thy God giveth 
thee to possess it. — 25: 13 Thou shalt not have in thy bag di- 
vers weights, a great and a small. 14 Thou shalt not have in 
thine house divers measures, a great and a small : ] 5 B^/f. 
thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just 
measure shalt thou have ; that thy days may be lengthened in 
the land which the Lokd thy God giveth thee. — 27*. 17 Curscnl 
be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark : and ail the i>eo 
pie shall say. Amen. 

Ps. 82: 2 How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the 
persons of the wicked ? 

Pr. 11: 1 A false balance is abomination to the Lord : but 
a just weight is his delight. 

1 Th. 4: 6 That no man go beyond and defraud his brother 
in ani/ matter : because that the Lord is the avenger of nil 
such, as we also have forewarned you and testified. 

[See 629, 636.] 

733. Unrighteousness, extortion, etc., inexpedient^ or the tendency of sin to 
rain sinners here and hereafter — Threats. 

Num. 32: 23 K ye will not do so, behold^ ye have sinned 
against the Lord : and be sure your sin will find you out. 

2 Ch. 28: 19 The Lord brought Judah low because of Ahaz 
king of Israel : for he made Judah naked, and transgressed 
sore against the Lord. 

Job. 21: 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out.^ 
514 



UNRIGHTEOUSNESS. 733 



Destructive tendency of. 



and how oft comcth their destruction upon them ? God dis- 
tnbuteth sorrows in his anger. 18 Thej are as stubble before 
the wind, and as chaff that the storm carrieth away. 19 God 
layeth up his iniquity for his children : he rewardeth him, and 
he shall know it, 20 His eyes shall see his destruction, and 
he shall drink of the wrath of the Almighty. — 27: 13 This is 
the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of 
oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty. 14 If 
his children be multiplied, it is for the sword : and'his offspring 
shall not be satisfied with bread. 15 Those that remain of 
him shall be buried in death : and his widows shall not weep. 
16 Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment 
as the clay ; 17 He may prepare it^ but the just shall put it 
on, ana the innocent shall divide the silver. 

Ps. 1 : 4 The ungodly are not so : but are like the chaff which 
the wmd driveth away. 5 Therefore the ungodly shall not 
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the 
righteous. 6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the right- 
eous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish. — 9:15 The 
heathen are sunk down in the pit that they made : in the net 
which they hid is their own foot taken. 16 The Lord is 
known hy the judgment ivhich he executeth: the wicked is 
snared in the work of his own hands. — 34: 16 The face of the 
Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance 
of them from the earth. 21 Evil shall slay the wicked: and 
they that hate the righteous shall be desolate. — bb-. 23 But 
thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruc- 
tion : bloody and deceitful men shall not hve out half their 
days. — 58: 11 Yerily thei^e is a reward for the righteous: 
verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. — 73: 12 Behold, 
these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world. 18 Surely 
thou didst set them in slippery places : thou castedst them 
down into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desola- 
tion, as in a moment ! they are utterly consumed with terrors. 

Pr. 3: 33 The curse of the Lord is in the house of the 
wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. — 11: 31 
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth : much 
more the wicked and the sinner. — 13: 5 A righteous man ha- 
teth lying : but a wicked maii is loathsome, and cometh to 
shame. 15 Good understanding giveth favor : but the way of 
transgressors is hard. — 28: 8 He that by usury and unjust gain 
increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that shall 
pity the poor. 18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; 
but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. 

Jer. 17: 11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth 

515 



733 L^l^RIGHTEOUSK KSS. 



Destructit^e tendencv of. 



ih^m not ; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall 
leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a 
fool. — 22: 17 Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for thy 
covetousness, and for to shed innocent blood, and for oppres- 
sion, and for violence, to do iL 18 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah ; 
They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother ! or, Ah 
sister ! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, Ah 
his glory ! ] 9 He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, 
drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 

Ezk. 22: 12 In thee have they taken gifts to shed blood ; 
thou hast taken usury and increase, and thou hast greedily 
gained of thy neighbors by extortion, and hast forgotten me, 
saith the Lord God. 13 Behold, therefore I have smitten 
mine hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made, and at 
thy blood which hath been in the midst of thee. 14 Can thine 
heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I 
shall deal with thee ? I the Lord have spoken ii, and will 
do it, — 28: 15 Thou toast perfect in thy ways from the day 
that thou wast created, till iniquity was found in thee. 16 By 
the multitude of thy merchandise they have tilled the midst 
of thee with violence, and thou hast sinned : therefore I will 
cast thee as profane out of the mountain of God : and I will 
destroy thee, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones 
of fire. 

1 Cor. 6: 9 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not in- 
herit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived ; neither fornica- 
tors, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers 
of themselves with mankind, 10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the 
kingdom of God. 

Jam. 5: 3 Your gold and silver is caokered ; and the rust 
of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh 
as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last 
days. 4 Behold, the hire of the laborers who have reaped 
down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth ; 
and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the 
ears of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

2 Pet. 2: 5 And spared not the old world, but saved Noah 
the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the 
flood upon the world of the ungodly ; 6 And turning the cities 
of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an 
overthrow, making fhem an ensample unto those that after 
should live ungodly. [See 87, 138, 303, 362, 381, 478, 486, 
489, 497, 513, 551, bbb^Q>, 630, 735.1 

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wah and fighting. 734, 735 



Hare been prevalent — Sin and Folly of. 



\VAn Ai^D FlGHTIXa 
734v War and fighting have been prevalent. 

Gen. 6: 1 1 The eai*th also was corrupt before God ; and the 
5arth was filled with violence. 

2 K. 19: 11 Behold, thou hast heard what the kings of 
Assyria have done to all lands, by destroying them utterly : 
and shalt thou be delivered? 

Is. 1: 15 When ye spread forth your hands, I will hide 
mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will 
not hear: your hands are full of blood. — 10: 13 I have re- 
moved the bounds of the people, and have robbed their trea- 
sures, and I have put down the inhabitants like a valiant 
man, 

Ezk. 33: 25 Say unto them. Thus saith the Lord God ; Ye 
eat with the blood, and lift up your eyes toward your idols, 
and shed blood: and shall ye possess the land ? 26 Ye stand 
upon your sword, ye work abomination, and ye defile every 
one his neighbor's wife : and shall ye possess the land ? 

[See 488, 701.] 

735. Sin and follg of anger, and other warlike passions ^- wisdom of sup- 
pressing them. 

Job 5: 2 Wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth 
the silly one. 

Ps. 37: 8 Cease from anger, and forsake wrath: fret not 
thyself in any wise to do evil. 

Pr. 11: 17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: 
but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. — 14: 16 A wise 
man feareth.and depart eth from evil : but the fool rageth, and 
is confident. 11 He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and 
a man of wicked devices is hated. 29 He that is slow to wrath 
is of great understanding : but he that is hasty of spirit exalt- 
eth folly. — 15: 18 A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he 
that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. — 16: 32 He that is slow 
to anger is better than the mighty; and he that ruleth his 
spirit, than he that taketh a city. — 19: 19 A man of great 
wrath shall suffer punishment : for if thou deliver him, yet 
thou must do it again. - — 22: 24 Make no friendship with an 
angry man; and with a furious man thou shalt not go. — 
24: 17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thy 
heart be glad when he stumbleth: 18 Lest the Lord see it, 
and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. — 
25; 28 He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city 

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736 WAR AND FIGHTING. 

Sin and Folly of. 

that is broken down, and without walls. — 26: 21 ^45 coals are 
to burning coals, and wood to fire ; so is a contentious man to 
kindle strife. — 27: 4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is outrageous; 
but who is able to stand before envy? — 29: 22 An angry 
man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in trans- 
gression. 

Ec. 7: 9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry : for anger 
resteth in the bosom of fools. 

Ep. 4: 31 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and cla- 
mor, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice. 

[See 200,(21,) 733.] 

736. Carnal fighting^ and returning evil for evil, foolish^ and forbidden — 
Threats. 

Gen. 49: 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren ; instruments of 
cruelty are in their habitations. 6 O my soul, come not thou 
into their secret ; unto their assembly, mine honor, be not thou 
united ! for in their anger they slew a man, and in their self- 
will they digged down a wall. 7 Cursed he their anger, for it 
was fierce: and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide 
them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel. 

Ex. 20: 13 Thou shalt not kill. [Lk. 18: 20.] 

Lev. 19: 18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge 
against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy 
neighbor as thyself: I am the Lord. 

Ps. 5: 6 The Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful 
man. 

Pr. 17: 14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth 
out water : therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled 
with. — 18: 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth 
calleth for strokes. — 20: 22 Say not thou, I will recompense 
evil ; hut wait on the Lord, and he shall save thee. — 24: 29 
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me : I will 
render to the man according to his work. — 26: 17 He that 
passeth by, and meddleth with strife helonging not to him, is 
like one that taketh a dog by the ears. — 30: 33 Surely the 
churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of 
the nose bringeth forth blood : so the forcing of wrath bringeth 
forth strife. 

Ezk. 25: 12 Thus saith the Lord God ; Because that Edom 
hath dealt against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, 
and hath greatly offended, and revenged himself upon them ; 
13 Therefore thus saith the Lord God ; I will also stretch 
out my hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from 
it ; and I will make it desolate from Teman ; and they of De- 
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WAR AND FIGHTING. 736 

Sin and Folly of. 

dan shall fall by the sword. 14 And I will lay my vengeance 
upon Edom by the hand of my people Israel : and they shall 
do in Edom according to mine anger and according to my 
fury; and they shall know my vengeance, saith the Lord God. 
— 35: 5 Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred, and hast 
shed the hlood of the children of Israel by the force of the 
sw^ord in the time of their calamity, in the time that their 
iniquity had an end : 6 Therefore, as I live, saith the Lord 
God, I will prepare thee unto blood, and blood shall pursue 
thee : since thou hast not hated blood, even blood shall pursue 
thee. 

Hos. 4: 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, 
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth 
blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that 
dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, 
and with the fowls of heaven ; yea, the fishes of the sea also 
shall be taken away. 

Am. 1:11 Thus saith the Lord ; For three transgressions 
of Edom, and for four, I will not turn away the punishment 
thereof: because he did pursue his brother with the sword, and 
did cast off all pity, and his anger did tear perpetually, and 
he kept his wrath for ever. 

Hab. 2: 12 Wo to liim that buildeth a town wdth blood, and 
establisheth a city by iniquity ! 

Mat. 26: 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy 
sword into his place : for all they that take the sw^ord, shall 
perish with the sword. 

Lk. 3: 14 The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying. 
And what shall we do ? And he said unto them. Do violence 
to no man, neither accuse any falsely ; and be content with 
your wages. 

Rom. 12: 17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. 19 Dearly 
beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto 
wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith 
the Lord. 

1 Th. 5: 14 Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that 
are unruly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the w^eak, be 
patient toward all men, 15 See that none render evil for evil 
unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among 
yourselves, and to all men. 

Jam. 2:11 He that said. Do not commit adultery ; said also, 
Do not kill. Now, if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, 
thou art become a transgressor of the law. — 3: 1 6 Where en- 
vying and strife is^ there is confusion, and every evil w^ork. — ■ 
4: 1 Whence come wars and fightings among you ? come they 

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737 WAH AND FIGHTING. 



IIow to treat Enemies, and to prcveiit "\"\'r;r. 



not hence, even of jour lusts that war in your members ? 12 
There is one lawgiver, who is able to save, and to destroy: who 
art thou that judgest another ? 

Rev. 13: 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into cap- 
tivity : he that killeth with the sword, must be killed with the 
sword. [See 488—490, 630, 733.] 

737. How to treat enemies^ and to prevent ivor and Jighting. 

Pr. 10: 12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all 
sins. — 16: 7 When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh 
even his enemies to be at peace with him. — 18: 24 A man 
that hath friends must show himself friendly. — 25: 15 By 
long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue break- 
eth the bone. 21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread 
to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink : 22 For 
thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall 
reward thee. — 29: 8 Scornful men bring a city into a snare 
but wise men turn away wrath. 

Mat. 5: 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said. An eye for 
an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. 39 But I say unto you. That 
ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right 
cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will 
sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy 
cloak also. 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said. Thou shalt 
love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy : 44 But I say unto 
you. Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to 
them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use 
you, and persecute you ; 45 That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven. 

Lk. 6: 30 Give to every man that asketh of thee ; and of 
him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again. 35 But 
love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the 
children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful 
and to the evil. 36 Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father 
also is merciful. 37 Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : 
condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned : forgive, and ye 
shall be forgiven. 

Rom. 12: 14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and 
curse not. 20 Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if 
he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals 
of fire on his head. 21 Be not overcome of evil, but overcome 
«»vil with good. 

1 Pet. 3: 8 Finally, he ye all of one mind, having compassion 
one of another; love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 9 
520 



WATCHFULNESS. 738 



Fighting the Christian Warfare. 



Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing: but contrari- 
wise, blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 13 And who is he that will harm 
you, if ye be followers of that which is good ? 
[See 62, 201, 203, 204, 437, 498-9, 660.] 



WATCHFULNESS 

738. Watchfulness, and fighting the good fight of faith, required, exempli- 
fied, and encouraged. 

Mat. 26: 41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempta- 
tion : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

Mk. 13: 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not 
when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking 
a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his 
servants, and to every man his work ; and commanded the por- 
ter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore : for ye know not when 
the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at 
the cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming sud- 
denly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you, I 
say unto all. Watch. 

Lk. 12: 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when 
he cometh shall find watching : verily, I say unto you, that he 
shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will 
come forth and serve them. 

1 Cor. 10: 12 Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth, 
take heed lest he fall. — 16: 13 Watch ye, stand fast in the 
faitli, quit you like men, be strong. 

Ep. 5: 15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, 
but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are 
evil. — 6: 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, 
and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor 
of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the 
devil. 

1 Th. 5: 6 Let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch 
and be sober. 

1 Tim. 6: 12 Fight the good fight of faith. 

2 Tim. 2: 3 Thou therefore endure hardness, as a good sol- 
dier of Jesus Christ. — 4: 5 Watch thou in all things, endure 
afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy 
ministry. 

1 Peter 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand : be ye there- 
fore sober, and watch unto praver. [See 18, 477, 724.] 

44* " 521 



739—741 WORLD. 



World ignorant ; and opposed to crod — its dangers. 



WORLD. 

739. The world, ignorant of God. 

Jn. 17: 25 O rigliteous Father, the world hath not known 
thee. 

1 Cor. 1: 20 Where is the wise? wherein the scribe? where 
IS the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the 
wisdom of this world? 21 For after that in the wisdom of 
God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by 
the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe. 

[See 693.] 

740. The world opposed to God and to his people. 

Ps. 82: 2 Lo, thine enemies make a tumult ; and they that 
hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty 
counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden 
ones. 4 They have said. Come, and let us cut them off from 
bemg a nation ; that the name of Israel may be no more in 
remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one 
consent : they are confederate against thee. 

Mat. 10: 22 Ye shall be hated of all 77ien for my name's 
sake : but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 

Jn. 17: 14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath 
hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am 
not of the world. — 18: 36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is not 
of this world : if my kingdom were of this world, then would my 
servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but 
now is my kingdom not from hence. 

Ep. 2: 1 You hath he quickened^ who were dead in trespasses 
and sins ; 2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to 
the course of this world, according to the prince of the power 
of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of 
disobedience. 

Jam. 4: 4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that 
the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever 
therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. 

1 Jn. 2: 1 6 All that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, 
and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the 
Father, but is of the world. 

[See ^^, 86, 467, 511, 690.] 

741. The icorld corrupting and dangerous — cautions. 

Mat. 13: 22 He also that received seed jmipng the thorns 
522 



WORLD. 742 



Its idols forbidden. 



is he that heareth the word ; and the care of this world, and 
the deceitfuhiess of riches choke the word, and he becometh 
unfruitfuL 

Lk. 21: 34 Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your 
hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and 
cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 

Gal. 1: 4 Who gave himself for our sins, that he might 
deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will 
of God and our Father. 

Ph. 3: 18 (Many walk, of whom 1 have told you often, and 
now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the 
cross of Christ : 1 9 Whose end is destruction, w^hose God is 
their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly 
things.) 

2 Tim. 4: 10 Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this 
present world. [See 122, 625.] 

742. Worldly idolatry forbidden — the contrary required. 

Jer. 45: 5 Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them 
not: for behold, I will bring evil ipon all flesh, saith the 
Lord. 

Mat. 6: 19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, 
where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break 
through and steal : 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in 
heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves do not break through nor steal. 21 For where your 
treasure is, there will your heart be also. 24 No man can 
serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love 
the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 25 Therefore I 
say unto you. Take no thought for your life, what ye shall 
eat or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body 
than raiment? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles 
seek) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need 
of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, 
and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added 
unto you. 

Mk. 8: 36 What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the 
whole world, and lose his own soul? 37 Or w^hat shall a man 
give in exchange for his soul ? 

Lk. 6: 24 Wo unto you that are rich ! for ye have received 
your consolation. 25 Wo unto you that are full ! for ye shall 
hunger. — 12: 19 I will say to my soul. Soul, thou hast much 
goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and 

523 



7 A3 J 7 4:4: WORLD WORSHIP OF GOD. 

World overcome — God, to be worshipped in public. 

be merrj. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night 
thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those 
things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth 
up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 33 Sell 
that ye have, and give alms : provide yourselves bags which 
wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where 
no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth, 34 For where 
your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 

Jn. 6: 27 Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for 
that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the 
Son of man shall give unto you : for him hath God the Father 
sealed. 

Rom. 12: 2 Be not conformed to this world : but be ye trans- 
formed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what 
ts that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 

Col. 3: 2 Set your affection on things above, not on things 
on the earth. 

Jam. 1: 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the 
Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their afflic- 
tion, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 

1 Jn. 2: 15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in 
the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father 
is not in him. 1 6 For all that is in the world, the lust of the 
flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the 
Father, but is of the world. [See 626.] 

743. World, overcome by grace. 

Gal. 6: 14 God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto 
me, and I unto the world. 

1 Jn. 5: 4 Whatsoever is born of God, overcome th the 
world : and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even 
our faith. [See 59.] 



WORSHIP OF GOD. 
744. God the only proper object of religious worship. 

Ex. 20: 2 1 am the Lord thy God, which have brought 
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 
3 Thou shalt have no other gods before me. 

Ps. 96: 4 For the Lord is great, and greatly to be praised: 

he is to be feared above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the 

nations are idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 8 Give 

unto the Lord the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, 

524 



WORSHIP OF GOD. 745, 746 



Public worship. 



and come into his courts. 9 O worship the Lord in the beauty 
of holiness : fear before him, all the earth. 

Mat. 4: 10 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. [See 80, 280, 295.] 

745. Public worship of God required, encouraged^ and exenipUJied. 

Ps. 40; 7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the volume of the book 
it IS written of me, 8 I delight to do thy will, O my God : yea, 
thy law IS within my heart. 9 I have preached righteousness 
in the great congregation : lo, I have not refrained my lips, 
O Lord, thou knowest. 10 I have not hid thy righteousness 
within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy 
salvation : I have not concealed thy loving-kindness and thy 
tru^h from the great congregation. 

Mat. 18: 20 Where two or three are gathered together in 
my name, there am I in the mir .st of them. 

Ac. 11: 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, for to seek 
Saul : 26 And when he had found him, he brought him unto 
Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assem- 
bled themselves with the church, and taught much people. — 
13: 14 When they departed from Perga, they came to Antioch 
in Pisidia, and went into the synagogue on the Sabbath-day, 
and sat down. 15 And after the reading of the law and the 
prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, 
Je men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for 
the people, say on. 16 Then Paul stood up, and beckoning 
with his hand, said, Men of Israel, and ye that fear God, give 
audience. 

Heb. 10: 25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves to- 
gether, as the manner of some is ; but exhorting one another ; 
and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching. [Neh. 
8: 1—7, Ac. 13: 42—45.] 

746. Public worship icith religious instruction exemplified. 

Neh. 8: 8 They read in the book in the law of God dis- 
tinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the 
reading. 

Mk. 2: 1 Again he entered into Capernaum, after some days ; 
and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway 
many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room 
to receive them^ no, not so much as about the door : and he 
preached the word unto them. 

Lk. 4: 43 He said unto them, I must preach the kingdom 
of God to other cities also, for therefore am I sent. 44 And 
he preached in the synagogues of Galilee. 

525 



747,748 WORSHIP of god — zeal. 

Public worship — False Zeal exemplified. 

Jn. 8: 1 Jesus went unto the mount of Olives : 2 And early 
in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people 
came unto him ; and he sat down and taught them. — 18: 20 
Jesus answered him, I spake openly to the world ; I ever taught 
in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews alway? 
resort ; and in secret have I said nothing. 

Ac. 18: 4 He [Paul] reasoned in the synagogue every 
Sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks. 5 And 
when Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia, Paul 
was pressed in the spirit, and testified to the Jews, that Jesus 
was Christ. [See 430.] 

747. Public worship with social prayer^ praise and reverervce. 

Lev. 18: 30 Ye shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my 
sanctuary : I am the Lord. 

1 K. 8: 22 Solomon stood ] efore the altar of the Lord in 
the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth 
his hands toward heaven. 

Ps. 89: 7 God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of 
the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are 
about him. 

Mat. 26: 30 When they had sung an hymn, they went out 
into the mou nt of Olives. 

Heb. 1 2: 28 Receiving a kingdom which cannot be movedy 
let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with 
reverence and godly fear ; 29 For our God is a consuming 
fire. [See 528-9.] 



ZEAL. 
748. False Zeal exemplified, 

1 K. 18: 28 They cried aloud, and cut themselves after 
their manner with knives and lancets, till the blood gushed out 
upon them. 

Mat. 23: 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 
for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte ; and when 
he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than 
yourselves. 

Ac. 22: 3 I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, 
a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Ga- 
maliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law 
of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all arc 
this day. 

526 



ZEAL. 749, 750 

True Zeal exemplified and required — necessary, to overcome. 

Kom. 10: 2 I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, 
but not according to knowledge. 

Gal. 1: 13 Ye have heard of my conversation in time past 
in the Jews' religion, how that beyond measure I persecuted 
the church of God, and wasted it; 14 And profited in the 
Jews' religion above many my equals in mine own nation, being 
more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers. — 
4: 17 They zealously affect you, hut not well ; yea, they would 
exclude you, that ye might affect them. 

749. True Zeal exemplified and required. 

Num. 25: 11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron 
the priest, hath turned my wrath away from the children of 
Israel (while he was zealous for my sake among them) that 
I consumed not the children of Israel in my jealousy. 12 
Wherefore say. Behold, I give unto him my covenant of peace : 
18 And he shall have it, and his seed after him, even the 
covenant of an everlasting priesthood ; because he was zeal- 
ous for his God, and made an atonement for the children of 
Israel. 

Ps. 119: 139 My zeal hath consumed me; because mine 
enemies have forgotten thy words. 

2 Cor 7: 11 Behold this self-same thing, that ye sorrowed 
after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea, 
what clearing of ourselves, yea, what indignation, yea, what, 
fear, yea, whai vehement desire, yea, whai zeal, yea, what 
revenge ! 

Gal. 4: 18 It is good to be zealously affected always in a 
good thing^ and not only when I am present with you. 

Col. 4: 1 2 Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, 
saluteth you, always laboring fervently for you in prayers, that 
ye may stand perfect and complete in aU the will of God. lo 
For I bear him record, that he hath a great zeal for you, and 
them that are in Laodicea, and them in Hierapolis. 

Tit. 2: 14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us" 
from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, 
zealous of good works. [See 1.] 

750. Zeal necessary^ to overcome " the worlds the flesh and the devil^^ and 
obtain the heavenly inheritance. 

Lk. 13: 24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate : for many, I 
say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. 

1 Cor. 9: 26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight 
I, not as one that beateth the air : 27 But I keep under my 
body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by anv means 

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when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. 

Ep. 6: 12 We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against 
principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness 
of this Avorld, against spiritual wickedness in high places, 13 
Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye 
may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, 
to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about 
with truth, and having on the breast-plate of righteousness ; 
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of 
peace ; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye 
shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, 
which is the word of God; 18 Praying always with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all 
perseverance and supplication. 

1 Pet. 4: 7 The end of all things is at hand : be ye therefore 
sober, and watch unto prayer. 

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